glitter是什么意思_glitter怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

glitter: glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra.
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glitter (v.): c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
glitter (n.): c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.

词态变化

第三人称单数 glitters;
过去式 glittered;
过去分词 glittered;
现在分词 glittering;
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权威造句

1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.: 48岁的加里·格利特透露了他青春永驻的秘密。

2. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.: 用些圆形小金属片或发光小亮片装饰这件女式短上衣。

3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.: 这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了.

4. She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.: 她被自己的生活中表面上的光鲜与奢华所蒙蔽。

5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.: 时装业表面上光彩迷人, 但其实是个辛苦的行业.

近反义词

glitter rock 闪烁摇滚乐

glitter ice 雨淞

相似短语

glitter rock (装扮奇异、衣着闪亮的)闪烁摇滚乐

单词分析

这些名词均含有“火焰、烈火、光”之意。
blaze指猛烈燃烧所发生强烈的光。
flame指一条或多条火舌，多用复数形式，指由许多火舌构成的大火。
flare指摇曳的火焰。
glow指像冶炼铁和钢时发出的红光。
glare指眩目的光。
flash指突然发出而随即消失的闪光。
glitter指连续发出闪烁不定的光。
twinkle指如星光等的闪烁。
light普通用词，指日、月、星或灯等的光。

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.
4. 光(拼音：guang <= g- + -uang) => gl- "流动的光". <= 类比：flow.
5. 哥哥(路过垃圾堆时)在垃圾堆里捡到了一个闪闪发光的钻戒。

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