a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy (尤指艺术作品中圣者头上或环绕身体的)光环;光轮 ■another term for corona (in sense 1, of the sun or moon) 同 corona (义项1,太阳或月亮的) ■another term for areola 同 areola ■(Geology)the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion (地质)(岩浆侵入处周围的)接触变质带
语源
Middle English : from Old French aureole, from Latin aureola (corona) 'golden (crown)', feminine of aureolus (diminutive of aureus, from aurum 'gold')