- (specialist)
giving out light when heated 白热的;白炽的 incandescent lamps 白炽灯
- (formal)
very bright 十分明亮的;耀眼的 incandescent white 刺眼的白色
- (formal)
full of strong emotion; extremely angry 感情强烈的;激情的
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing’, from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force) + candescere ‘become white’ (from candidus ‘white’).