ETYMFORGEiridescent
Showing shimmering colours that change with the angle of view
彩虹色的；流光溢彩的
A soap bubble drifts through a beam of sunlight. Tilt your head, and its colours slide: violet, gold, green, then violet again.
一个肥皂泡飘过一束阳光。你稍稍歪一下头，它的颜色就跟着流动：紫、金、绿，又变回紫。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
It comes from the Greek iris, meaning rainbow.
它来自希腊语 iris，意思是“彩虹”。
Iris was also a goddess, the messenger of the gods, who travelled between sky and earth along the rainbow.
Iris 也是一位女神。她是众神的信使，沿着彩虹往返于天空与人间。
The coloured ring of your eye borrowed her name too. Iridescent describes colours that change as you look from a different angle.
我们眼睛里那圈有颜色的虹膜，也借用了她的名字。而 iridescent 形容的，是换个角度看，颜色就会变化的光泽。
In a sentence用法
The hummingbird's throat looked black, until it turned and flashed an iridescent green.
蜂鸟的喉咙看上去是黑的，直到它一转身，闪出一片流光溢彩的绿。
Some things only show their colours when you change where you stand. People, too.
有些东西，只有换个位置去看，才会显出它的颜色。人也一样。
Full transcript完整字幕
A soap bubble drifts through a beam of sunlight. Tilt your head, and its colours slide: violet, gold, green, then violet again.
That shimmer has a name.
Iridescent.
It comes from the Greek iris, meaning rainbow.
Iris was also a goddess, the messenger of the gods, who travelled between sky and earth along the rainbow.
The coloured ring of your eye borrowed her name too. Iridescent describes colours that change as you look from a different angle.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
The hummingbird's throat looked black, until it turned and flashed an iridescent green.
Your turn. Say it with me: Iridescent.
Some things only show their colours when you change where you stand.
People, too.
一个肥皂泡飘过一束阳光。你稍稍歪一下头，它的颜色就跟着流动：紫、金、绿，又变回紫。
这种流动的光泽，有它自己的名字。
Iridescent，流光溢彩的。
它来自希腊语 iris，意思是“彩虹”。
Iris 也是一位女神。她是众神的信使，沿着彩虹往返于天空与人间。
我们眼睛里那圈有颜色的虹膜，也借用了她的名字。而 iridescent 形容的，是换个角度看，颜色就会变化的光泽。
放进句子里，是这样的：
蜂鸟的喉咙看上去是黑的，直到它一转身，闪出一片流光溢彩的绿。
轮到你了，跟我一起说：iridescent。
有些东西，只有换个位置去看，才会显出它的颜色。
人也一样。