non-fluorescent
/ˌnɒn.flɔːˈres.ənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn.flɔːˈres.ənt/ (ame, ipa)
non-fluorescent — 形容詞
1. describes a light, lamp, or bulb that uses a heated filament or LED rather than
非日光燈的
燈具非長條形日光燈管的
describes a light, lamp, or bulb that uses a heated filament or LED rather than a long glowing tube — the kind of warm, softer lighting people choose for living rooms instead of the harsh tube lights found in many offices.
Ilan replaced every non-fluorescent lamp in the studio with bright tube lights before the photo shoot.
Ilan 在拍攝前把工作室裡每一盞非日光燈的檯燈都換成明亮的日光燈管。
attributive: non-fluorescent + lamp
The old library kept its non-fluorescent bulbs because readers complained the tube lights gave them headaches.
舊圖書館保留了非日光燈的燈泡，因為讀者抱怨日光燈管讓他們頭痛。
contrast with tube lights for comfort
Gita asked the electrician to install non-fluorescent fixtures above the dining table for a warmer evening glow.
Gita 請電工在餐桌上方裝非日光燈的燈具，好讓晚上的光線更暖一點。
Most cosy cafés in the old town still favour non-fluorescent lighting over the strip lights used in supermarkets.
老城區大多數溫馨的咖啡店仍偏好非日光燈的照明，而不是超市裡那種長條燈管。
- incandescent
older filament-style bulbs; a specific physical type
- LED-based
modern energy-saving alternative; technical register
- fluorescent
the bright tube-light style being contrasted
文法句型
non-fluorescent + light/lamp/bulb
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively before nouns like 'light', 'lamp', 'bulb', 'lighting', or 'fixture'. Distinguish from sense 2 by checking what is being described: if the noun is a lighting object, this is the correct sense.
常見錯誤
2. describes a colour or shade that does not glow brightly or stand out in the dark
非螢光色的
顏色不會在暗處發亮的
describes a colour or shade that does not glow brightly or stand out in the dark — the opposite of the eye-catching, day-glo shades used on safety vests or highlighter pens.
Megan picked a non-fluorescent shade of pink for her bedroom walls so the room would feel calm at night.
Megan 為臥室牆面挑了一種非螢光色的粉紅，這樣晚上房間感覺比較平靜。
attributive: non-fluorescent + shade
The school uniform must use non-fluorescent colours; bright safety yellow is not allowed in the dress code.
校服必須使用非螢光色的顏色；服儀規定不允許穿亮黃色的安全色。
contrast with safety colours
Haruto's painting class only allows non-fluorescent paints, since the gallery wants soft, traditional tones.
Haruto 的繪畫課只准用非螢光色的顏料，因為畫廊希望呈現柔和的傳統色調。
Most office stationery comes in non-fluorescent colours, leaving the highlighters as the brightest items on the desk.
辦公室文具大多是非螢光色的顏色，所以螢光筆是桌上最顯眼的東西。
- fluorescent
bright day-glo colours
- neon
very bright, often glowing colours
文法句型
non-fluorescent + colour/shade/paint/marker
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 by what is being described: if the noun is a colour, paint, ink, or piece of clothing rather than a light fixture, this is the correct sense. From sense 4 by everyday vs scientific context — sense 2 is about visible brightness, sense 4 about the physical property of fluorescence.
常見錯誤
3. describes an ink, dye, marker, or pigment whose finished mark is a normal, non-g
非螢光的
印出的顏色不會發亮的墨水或筆
describes an ink, dye, marker, or pigment whose finished mark is a normal, non-glowing colour — useful when you need writing or printing that will not stand out under bright light or UV.
Esme uses a non-fluorescent marker so her notes look the same colour under sunlight and lamplight.
Esme 使用非螢光的麥克筆，這樣她的筆記在陽光和燈光下看起來顏色都一樣。
attributive: non-fluorescent + marker
The archive requires non-fluorescent ink because bright pigments fade quickly under the museum's lights.
檔案館規定使用非螢光的墨水，因為鮮豔的色料在博物館燈光下會很快褪色。
collocation: non-fluorescent ink
Printers in legal offices stock non-fluorescent toner to keep court documents looking neutral and professional.
律師事務所的印表機備有非螢光的碳粉，好讓法庭文件看起來中性而專業。
Bilal switched to a non-fluorescent highlighter to mark passages without leaving a glaring stripe across the page.
Bilal 改用非螢光的螢光筆來標記段落，這樣就不會在頁面上留下刺眼的亮條。
- standard
general; refers to ordinary inks/pigments
- non-luminous
technical; emphasises absence of glow
- fluorescent
of inks and markers, the bright highlighter type
文法句型
non-fluorescent + ink/dye/pigment/marker
用法筆記
Subject is usually a marking medium — ink, dye, marker, pigment, toner, paint. Distinguish from sense 2 by what the noun refers to: sense 2 describes the colour itself, sense 3 describes the material that produces the colour.
常見錯誤
4. in science, describes a substance or material that does not absorb light at one
無螢光性的
物質受激後不發出螢光的
in science, describes a substance or material that does not absorb light at one wavelength and re-emit it at another — that is, it shows no fluorescence when a UV lamp or other excitation source is shone on it.
Trang labelled the non-fluorescent samples separately so the lab team could compare them with the glowing controls.
Trang 把無螢光性的樣本分開標記，讓實驗室同事可以和會發亮的對照組比較。
predicative use in lab context
Under the UV lamp, the non-fluorescent minerals stayed dark while the calcite glowed a bright orange.
在紫外燈下，無螢光性的礦物保持暗色，而方解石則發出明亮的橘色光。
domain: physics/mineralogy
Élise prepared a non-fluorescent control fluid to test whether the new dye really was emitting light or just reflecting it.
Élise 準備了一份無螢光性的對照液體，用來測試新染料究竟是真的在發光，還是只是反射光線。
The forensic team confirmed the powder was non-fluorescent and therefore not the chemical they had been tracking.
鑑識小組確認該粉末是無螢光性的，因此並不是他們一直在追蹤的那種化學物質。
- non-luminescent
broader scientific term covering more emission types
- inert
in chemistry, often used loosely for non-reactive or non-emitting
- fluorescent
showing fluorescence under excitation
- luminescent
broader: emits light by any non-thermal mechanism
文法句型
non-fluorescent + substance/material/sample
用法筆記
Subject is typically a substance, sample, material, or specimen in a scientific or technical context. Distinguish from sense 2 (which is about everyday visual brightness) by register and topic: sense 4 belongs to lab, mineralogy, or chemistry contexts where the relevant property is physical fluorescence under excitation.