ETYMFORGElambent
Softly glowing or flickering (of light or flame)
柔光闪动的
The power goes out. You light one candle, and the room changes. The light moves softly across the walls, never quite still.
突然停电了。你点亮一支蜡烛，整个房间都变了。光在墙上轻轻游动，一刻也不停。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
It comes from the Latin lambere, which means to lick.
它来自拉丁语 lambere，意思是“舔”。
Watch a small flame closely. It seems to lick the air, touching lightly and pulling back.
仔细看一小簇火苗：它好像在舔着空气，轻轻碰一下，又缩回来。
In English, lambent first described flames like that. Now it can describe any soft, flickering glow, even in someone's eyes.
在英语里，lambent 最早形容的就是这样的火焰。如今，它可以形容任何柔和闪动的光，甚至是一个人眼里的光。
In a sentence用法
We talked until midnight in the lambent glow of the fireplace.
壁炉的火光柔柔地跳动着，我们一直聊到了半夜。
The brightest light isn't always the one we remember. Sometimes it's the one that flickered.
最亮的光，不一定是我们记住的那一束。有时候，是那束轻轻闪动的光。
Full transcript完整字幕
The power goes out. You light one candle, and the room changes. The light moves softly across the walls, never quite still.
That kind of light has a name.
Lambent.
It comes from the Latin lambere, which means to lick.
Watch a small flame closely. It seems to lick the air, touching lightly and pulling back.
In English, lambent first described flames like that. Now it can describe any soft, flickering glow, even in someone's eyes.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
We talked until midnight in the lambent glow of the fireplace.
Your turn. Say it with me: Lambent.
The brightest light isn't always the one we remember.
Sometimes it's the one that flickered.
突然停电了。你点亮一支蜡烛，整个房间都变了。光在墙上轻轻游动，一刻也不停。
这样的光，有它自己的名字。
Lambent，柔光闪动的。
它来自拉丁语 lambere，意思是“舔”。
仔细看一小簇火苗：它好像在舔着空气，轻轻碰一下，又缩回来。
在英语里，lambent 最早形容的就是这样的火焰。如今，它可以形容任何柔和闪动的光，甚至是一个人眼里的光。
放进句子里，是这样的：
壁炉的火光柔柔地跳动着，我们一直聊到了半夜。
轮到你了，跟我一起说：lambent。
最亮的光，不一定是我们记住的那一束。
有时候，是那束轻轻闪动的光。