English Dictionary

illuminate

/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/

verb

(transitive) To shine light on something. / (transitive) To decorate something with lights. / (transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.

She used a flashlight to illuminate the dark room.

意味（1）

(transitive) To shine light on something.

Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones.

意味（2）

(transitive) To decorate something with lights.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.

意味（4）

(transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

意味（5）

(transitive, figuratively) To make spectacular.

Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To glow; to light up.

Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To be exposed to light.

意味（8）

(transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.