lustre

[US]/'lʌstə/
[UK]/'lʌstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. brightness, honor, excellence

Phrases & Collocations

shine with lustre

dull lustre

restore the lustre

Example Sentences

the lustre of the Milky Way.

a celebrity player to add lustre to the line-up.

The mechanism about gloss effect of sheep shearling and the action of lustre agent was studied.And a low toxicity lustre agent NF was developed.

His son’s success added lustre to his name.

The carvings on the cabin have lost lustre (faded) long before , the slates on the road have been outworn to their slipperiness by to-and-fros of generations.

1. Clinic anatomise showed that whole viscus colour and lustre gray, ceroid, liver surface lucency, dropsy, but no extravasate appeared in carp fed diet lack of VE.

Real-world Examples

Metals have also a lustrous or shining surface, but sulphur has no lustre.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

If you look past the keyboard and added security, the KEY2 starts to lose its lustre.

Source: Trendy technology major events!

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.

Source: VOA Special April 2019 Collection

In financial markets, asset managers who shine in one period often lose their lustre in the next.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Few expect the lustre of an MBA from Harvard, Wharton or Stanford to fade.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

But there was both lustre and depth in her eyes.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

It was certainly a doubtful charm, imparting a hard, metallic lustre to the child's character.

Source: Red characters

Gave lustre of mid-day to objects below.

Source: VOA Special December 2017 Collection

His assent could only be tacit, for he had never been dazzled by his sister's intellectual lustre.

Source: Washington Square

The lustre of the fixed stars was diminished to a sort of blueness.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

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