音标:['glimә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 一丝光线, 微光, 少许
vi. 发微光
n a flash of light (especially reflected light)
n a slight suggestion or vague understanding
v shine brightly, like a star or a light
词型变化:过去式 : glimmered ; 现在分词 : glimmering ; 名词复数形式 : glimmers ; 第三人称单数 : glimmers ; 过去分词 : glimmered
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词性分布:
名词69%
动词31%

glimmer的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He can see a glimmer of light through the curtain.他能透过窗帘看到一丝微光。
  2. The candle made only a glimmer in the vast room.蜡烛在这个很大的房间里仅仅发出一线微光。
  3. He showed no glimmer of interest in what you had offered.他对你给他的东西没流露出一丝兴趣。
  4. I didn't have a glimmer of what he meant.我一点也不了解他说的意思。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. From the cottage window a few lamps were glimmering in the distance.远处的农舍窗户闪烁着几盏微弱的灯。
  2. A light glimmered at the end of the passage.走廊的尽头一盏灯闪烁着。

词汇搭配

  • glimmer of hope一线希望

经典引文

  • In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.

    出自:Tennyson
  • The men bustling to their places in the glimmer of the ship's lanterns.

    出自:R. L. Stevenson
  • Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight.

    出自:T. Gray
  • The light of a lamp glimmered through the cracks.

    出自:W. Cather
  • The idea of ever recovering happiness never glimmered in her mind for a moment.

    出自:fig.
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