- 1磷光（跟螢光不同：磷光在光源拿掉後還會再亮一會兒）
A faint, steady glow that you only really notice in the dark.
a faint, steady glow微弱、穩定的光 that you only really notice in the dark只有在暗處才真的會注意到.
The messy bit scientists care about: this is not the same as fluorescence. Fluorescence is a glow that mostly stops when you take the light away; phosphorescence keeps glowing for a while after, like those star stickers on a bedroom ceiling.
the messy bit scientists care about科學家在意的麻煩之處: this這 is not the same as fluorescence跟 fluorescence（螢光）不一樣. fluorescence螢光 is a glow that mostly stops when you take the light away是那種光源拿走後大致就會停止的光, phosphorescence磷光 keeps glowing for a while after之後還會繼續亮一陣子, like those star stickers on a bedroom ceiling就像臥室天花板上的星星貼紙.
Sea water and some animals can show it too.
sea water and some animals海水和一些動物 can show it too也會出現這種現象.
Though actually, everyday speakers use the word loosely for any ghostly glow in the dark. And another twist: the element can glow, but that famous glow is a chemical reaction with air, not true phosphorescence — even though the words look like family.
though actually不過其實, everyday speakers日常說話的人 use the word loosely把這個字用得比較鬆散 for any ghostly glow in the dark來指任何暗處中鬼魅般的光. and另外 another twist還有一個轉折: the element phosphorus元素磷 can glow也會發光, but that famous glow但那個有名的光 is a chemical reaction with air是跟空氣的化學反應, not true phosphorescence不是真正的磷光 — even though the words look like family即使這兩個字看起來像一家人.
core核心畫面
組成From phosphorescent. Built as phosphoresce + -ence, the ending that names a state or quality.
同家族的字
- phosphorescentthe describing word this noun is built from
- phosphorescethe verb meaning to give off this kind of light
- phosphorusthe name was built from phosphorus, though the element itself does not truly phosphoresce
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
phosphorescencenoun/ˌfɒs.fəˈɹɛs.əns/
- 1
The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.
- Mr. Nott proceeded to say that "since the discovery of Photography, there is, perhaps, no branch of electrical physics more interesting than that which comprehends the phenomena of phosphorescence."
- For a moment she saw the coast of Sumatra edged by the phosphorescence of waves, and crowned by lighthouses, still sending forth their disregarded beams.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。