eclat

[ei'kla:]

近义词 glory

GRE

1. enthusiastic approval;: "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"

2. ceremonial elegance and splendor;: "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"

3. brilliant or conspicuous success or effect;: "the eclat of a great achievement"

éclat: éclat: see slat
eclat (n.): 1670s, "showy brilliance," from French éclat "splinter, fragment" (12c.), also "flash of brilliance," from eclater "burst out; shine brilliantly; splinter, fly to fragments," from Old French esclater "smash, shatter into pieces," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic word related to slit (v.) and to Old High German skleizen "tear to pieces; to split, cleave." Extended sense of "conspicuous success" is first recorded in English in 1741.