Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lustrous: Having a smooth, shiny, and highly reflective surface that gleams or glows.
   • Glossy: Shiny and smooth in appearance, often due to polishing or a fine finish.
   • Glistening: Shining with a sparkling or wet-looking light.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chiếc xe mới sơn màu đen bóng loáng. (The newly painted black car was lustrous.)
  • Sau khi đánh, sàn gỗ trở nên bóng loáng. (After polishing, the wooden floor became glossy.)
  • Mặt hồ phẳng lặng và bóng loáng dưới ánh trăng. (The lake's surface was calm and glistening under the moonlight.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe surfaces that are not only shiny but exceptionally so, often implying a high degree of smoothness, cleanliness, or careful maintenance. It can suggest a quality finish, whether natural or artificial.

Variants and Related Words

• Bóng (adj): shiny, glossy. A more general term for shininess.

  • Giày da rất bóng. (The leather shoes are very shiny.)

• Loáng (adj): flashing, glinting. Often used to describe a quick, reflective flash of light.

  • Ánh sáng loáng lên trên mặt kim loại. (A light glinted on the metal surface.)

Synonyms

• Shiny: Reflecting light.
• Polished: Made smooth and glossy by rubbing.
• Sheeny: Glossy or shining softly.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bóng loáng như gương: As shiny as a mirror. Used to emphasize a high level of reflectivity.

  • Chiếc bàn được đánh bóng loáng như gương. (The table was polished to be as shiny as a mirror.)

• Nói bóng nói loáng: To speak in hints or insinuations (literally, to speak in shiny/flashing terms). This idiomatic use relates to indirect, elusive, or non-literal speech.

  • Anh ta không nói thẳng mà cứ nói bóng nói loáng. (He didn't speak directly but kept speaking in hints.)

adjective

1. lustrous