★luster（n）（光滑表面的）柔和光泽、光彩；光荣，出色
Brave deeds adding luster ot one’s name。
使自己扬名增光的英勇业绩。
Then it’s really no more than a means of transportation, it too loses its luster.
然后它就仅仅是一个名符其实的交通工具，失去了它的光彩。
Healthy women have lustrous, shiny hair, whereas the hair of sickly people loses its luster.
健康的女人拥有一头光泽亮丽的头发，而病人的头发没有光泽。
His skin had lost its luster and had a dull, leathery look, like a chicken wing left in the freezer too long.
他的皮肤已经失去了光泽，看上去有点暗淡的皮革色，像一只放在冰箱里太久的鸡翅。
★shimmer （vi）发闪烁的微光
The surface of the road shimmered in the heat of the sun
路面在列日的热气中发出闪烁的微光。
Gold shimmer softens the look of deep violet.
金色闪光让深紫色更加柔和。
The brightly colored paintings literally shimmer with inlaid gold and lapis.
彩绘镶嵌着黄金和宝石，随着光亮层层闪烁。