| 正面 | 13626.glint 英 [glɪnt]美 [ɡlɪnt] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 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.n. 闪烁;闪光vi. 闪烁;(光线)反射;闪闪发光vt. 使闪光;使发光 例句: 1. Was there a glint of mockery in his eyes?他的眼里是不是闪过一丝讥讽? glint 闪光,闪耀来自PIE*ghel, 照耀,发光,词源同glass, gold. glint (n.)"a gleam," 1826 (with a possible isolated use from 1540s in OED), from glint (v.).glint (v.)1787 (intransitive), from Scottish, where apparently it survived as an alteration of glent, from Middle English glenten "gleam, flash, glisten" (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian gletta "to look," dialectal Swedish glinta "to shine"), from the group of Germanic *gl- words meaning "smooth; shining; joyous," from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Reintroduced into literary English by Burns. Related: Glinted; glinting." |
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