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opalescent

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Colours
o·pa·les·cent /ˌəʊpəˈlesənt◂ $ ˌoʊ-/ adjective  CCBRIGHT literary having colours that shine and seem to change 色彩变幻的 an opalescent sky 色彩变幻的天空
Examples from the Corpus
opalescentan opalescent blue-greenAt night these creatures are quite often an opalescent blue-green.In the twilight it seemed to shine a pale, opalescent blue, nearly white.She had a most beautiful body which looked opalescent in the half light.In the centrepiece warped opalescent planet-images seemed to spill over gold, mechanical star-figures.They had a ghostly, opalescent similarity.They are orangey-pink in colour with a pearly, opalescent top.
o·pa·les·cent adjectiveChineseSyllable
seem shine that colours having Corpus and


opalescent
opalescent /ˌəʊpəˈlesənt◂ $ ˌoʊ-/ adjective
literary having colours that shine and seem to change:
    an opalescent sky


opal·es·centBrE /ˌəʊpəˈlesnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊpəˈlesnt/ 🔊 adjective (formal or literary) changing colour like an opal 像猫眼石般变色的;色彩变幻的