English Dictionary

luster

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlʌstɚ/

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義 比喩的用法

Shine, polish or sparkle. / (by extension, figuratively) Brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. / Refinement, polish or quality.

日本語の意味

光沢、輝き、あるいは、磨かれた美しさや艶 / 洗練された品格や魅力のある輝き / 鮮やかな輝きや、上品な輝き

The antique silverware regained its luster after hours of careful polishing.

その骨董の銀食器は、数時間かけて丁寧に磨いた後、光沢を取り戻した。

意味（1）

Shine, polish or sparkle.

He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster.

意味（2）

(by extension, figuratively) Brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.

After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.

意味（3）

Refinement, polish or quality.

He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.

意味（4）

A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.

Each mortal has his pleasure: none deny Scarsdale his bottle, Darty his ham-pie; Ridotta sips and dances, till she see The doubling lustres dance as fast as she;

意味（5）

A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.

Chinese themes are equally recognisable in the star-shaped and hexagonal tiles with either moulded relief or lustre-painted decoration, sometimes surrounded by an inscription border […]

意味（6）

Lusterware.

The whole place was covered with fragments of pottery, mostly very rough, and difficult to identify as to date. Two small lustre shards belong to the ninth or tenth century and a green glaze resembles the output of the kilns found by Sir Aurel Stein on the coast of Makran.

意味（7）

A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.

Mrs. McLash was dressed for travelling. She wore a black lustre skirt that just exposed her broken button-boots […]

lusters （ plural ）