Aureola

 









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–noun 

1. a radiance surrounding the head 

or 

the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage. 



2. any encircling ring of light or color; halo. (暈,光環)

3. Astronomy. corona (def. 3). 

4. Geology. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion. 



Also, aureole.





　

The sexual [awakening] of a disappointed wife may seem like an old movie turn, but when has it been done with such candor? 



At the beginning of the movie, Kate Winslet’s hair looks [dead], and she hides her body in denim overalls. Her Sarah is a slightly clumsy woman who has lost her confidence. 



When she falls in love with Brad, the transformation comes slowly and painfully: at first, a nervous gesture, a smile that turns anxious, and then a [golden] aureole of beauty, a body in movement. 





prostate 

He prostrated [himself] before [rank] and [wealth].

salivate

udder 

areola 

Scalp



nebulous

as equally nebulous as the strange [land] to which he has been

corona 

wide-eyed and pouty, with a great corona of frizzy [hair]

crescent 

meridian

Threnody