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irise 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. In meteorology, irisation, a type of photometeor, is multiple mixed iridescent colors caused by sunlight being diffracted in clouds. The colors are often brilliant and mingled together, sometimes similar to mother-of-pearl . They sometime appear as bands parallel to the edge of the clouds. ...
  2. (irised) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent
  3. (IRISING) An optical phenomenon occurring in some "Translucent Gem" species, where "thin air filled cracks" display Iridescence.
  4. (irising) the gradual opening up or closing down of the image from or to a pin-point; much used in silent films