glitter
英 ['glɪtə]
美 ['ɡlɪtɚ]
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.
4. 光(拚音：guang <= g- + -uang) => gl- "流動的光". <= 類比：flow.
5. 哥哥(路過垃圾堆時)在垃圾堆裏撿到了一個閃閃發光的鑽戒。
中文詞源
glitter 閃耀，光彩奪目來自PIE*ghel, 照耀，發光，詞源同glass, gold.
英文詞源
- 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.
=> glitz - 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.
- 48歲的加裏·格利特透露了他青春永駐的秘密。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.
- 用些圓形小金屬片或發光小亮片裝飾這件女式短上衣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.
- 這孩子被聖誕樹上閃耀的裝飾物吸引住了.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.
- 她被自己的生活中表麵上的光鮮與奢華所蒙蔽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.
- 時裝業表麵上光彩迷人, 但其實是個辛苦的行業.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》