sheen: [OE] Despite its similarity in form and meaning, sheen has no etymological connection with shine. It was originally an adjective, meaning ‘beautiful, bright’. Like its relatives, German schön and Dutch schoon, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skauniz, which was derived from the base *skau- ‘see, look’ (source also of English scavenger and show). It was not used as a noun until the early 17th century (it is first recorded in Shakespeare). => scavenger, scone, show
sheen (n.)
"shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cognates: Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.
As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."
1. The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen.
最后上完蜡后,它看起来犹如缎子般光滑亮泽。
来自柯林斯例句
2. hair with a healthy sheen
闪着健康光泽的头发
来自《权威词典》
3. Satin has a sheen.
缎有一种光泽.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The carpet had a silvery sheen to it.
这地毯有种银色的光泽。
来自辞典例句
5. Sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed.
sheen: [OE] Despite its similarity in form and meaning, sheen has no etymological connection with shine. It was originally an adjective, meaning ‘beautiful, bright’. Like its relatives, German schön and Dutch schoon, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skauniz, which was derived from the base *skau- ‘see, look’ (source also of English scavenger and show). It was not used as a noun until the early 17th century (it is first recorded in Shakespeare). => scavenger, scone, show
sheen (n.)
"shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cognates: Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.
As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."
双语例句
1. The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen.
最后上完蜡后,它看起来犹如缎子般光滑亮泽。
来自柯林斯例句
2. hair with a healthy sheen
闪着健康光泽的头发
来自《权威词典》
3. Satin has a sheen.
缎有一种光泽.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The carpet had a silvery sheen to it.
这地毯有种银色的光泽。
来自辞典例句
5. Sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed.