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glimmer

英['glɪmə]美['ɡlɪmɚ]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词inkling indication hint suggestion clue

反义词

n. 微光；闪光；少许
vi. 闪烁；发微光

词态变化

复数: glimmers;第三人称单数: glimmers;过去式: glimmered;过去分词: glimmered;现在分词: glimmering;

助记提示

1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.
2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".
3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.

gleam微光,闪光。
glimmer微光。

中文词源

glimmer 微光，闪烁

词源同gleam,微光。

英文词源

glimmer: glimmer: see gleam
glimmer (v.): late 14c., "to shine brightly;" early 15c., "to shine dimly," perhaps from or related to Middle Dutch glimmen, Middle Low German glimmern, from an extended (frequentative?) form of Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Compare Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering.
glimmer (n.): 1580s, "a faint, wavering light," from glimmer (v.).

双语例句

1. She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth's wings.: 她看见蛾子的翅膀偶尔会泛光。

2. He could see the glimmer of fresh paint on the woodwork.: 他可以看到木构件上新刷的油漆泛着光。

3. In the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.: 东方闪现出一丝微光。

4. The uneasy alliance between these two men offered a glimmer of hope.: 两人之间不够稳固的联合给了人们一线希望。

5. The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.: 沉没的帆船在海底闪烁着白光。