sheen是什么意思

sheen

英 [?i?n] 美 [?in]

fudge捏造。
forge偽造。

shine發(fā)光。
sheen光澤。

slick油滑的。
sleek光滑的。

sheen 光澤，光彩

來自古英語 scene,明亮的，漂亮的，詞源同 shine.后形容詞作名詞使用，引申詞義光澤，光彩等。

sheen: sheen: [OE] Despite its similarity in form and meaning, sheen has no etymological connection with shine. It was originally an adjective, meaning ‘beautiful, bright’. Like its relatives, German sch?n and Dutch schoon, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skauniz, which was derived from the base *skau- ‘see, look’ (source also of English scavenger and show). It was not used as a noun until the early 17th century (it is first recorded in Shakespeare).
=> scavenger, scone, show
sheen (n.): "shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cognates: Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German sch?n "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.

As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."

1. The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen.: 最后上完蠟后，它看起來猶如緞子般光滑亮澤。

5. Sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed.: 有時河水泛流在圓石子的河床上,晶瑩發(fā)光.