mid-15c., from Middle French esplendour, Anglo-French esplendour (Old French splendeur, splendor, 12c.) or directly from Latin splendor "brilliance, brightness," from splendere "be bright, shine" (see splendid).
双语例句
1. Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.
他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The author tried to depict the splendor of the sunset.
作家试图摹写落日的光彩.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
来自每日一句
4. There below lay Paris in all its splendor.
那下面就是光彩夺目的巴黎。
来自辞典例句
5. The castle rises in solitary splendor on the fringe of the desert.