glimmer
英 ['glɪmə]
美 ['ɡlɪmɚ]
助記提示
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,閃光。
glimmer微光。
中文詞源
glimmer 微光，閃爍詞源同gleam,微光。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth's wings.
- 她看見蛾子的翅膀偶爾會泛光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could see the glimmer of fresh paint on the woodwork.
- 他可以看到木構件上新刷的油漆泛著光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.
- 東方閃現出一絲微光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The uneasy alliance between these two men offered a glimmer of hope.
- 兩人之間不夠穩固的聯合給了人們一線希望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.
- 沉沒的帆船在海底閃爍著白光。
來自柯林斯例句