incandescent
adjective /ˌɪnkænˈdesnt/
/ˌɪnkənˈdesnt/
- (specialist) giving out light when heated
白热的；白炽的 - incandescent lamps
白炽灯
- incandescent lamps
- (formal) very bright
十分明亮的；耀眼的 - incandescent white
刺眼的白色
- incandescent white
- (formal) full of strong emotion; extremely angry
感情强烈的；激情的 - an incandescent musical performance
充满激情的音乐演奏 - incandescent with something She was incandescent with rage.
她怒不可遏。
- an incandescent musical performance
词源late 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing’, from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force) + candescere ‘become white’ (from candidus ‘white’).