glimmer是什么意思_glimmer怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.).

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;

权威造句

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。

近反义词

glimmer of hope 一线希望

相似短语

glimmer ice 闪光冰

a glimmer of light 一束光线，一丝微光

单词分析

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记忆方法

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。

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