[mass noun]lighting or light 照明;光亮 higher levels of illumination are needed for reading. 阅读时需要更高的照明度。 ■(illuminations)lights used in decorating a building or other structure 灯饰,灯彩 ■(figurative)spiritual or intellectual enlightenment (喻)(精神、智力上的)启迪,启发 ■(figurative)clarification (喻)澄清,阐明,解释 these books form the most sustained analysis and illumination of the subject. 这些书构成了对这一主题最持久的分析和解释。 ■the art of illuminating a manuscript (书稿的)画饰术,彩饰术 ■[count noun]an illuminated design in a manuscript (书稿的)画饰,彩饰
语源
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin illuminatio(n-), from the verb illuminare (see illuminate)