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Glitter Glisten Pie Root Ghel Proto Germanic Shine Glow

正面 10714.glisten
英 ['glɪs(ə)n]美 ['ɡlɪsn]

背面
释义:
vi. 闪光,闪亮n. 闪光,闪耀
例句:
1. Dewdrops sparkle [ glisten ] in the morning sun.露珠在晨光下闪闪发光.

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.
glisten 闪光,闪耀来自PIE*ghel, 照耀,发光,词源同glass, gold.
glisten (v.)Old English glisnian "to glisten, gleam," from Proto-Germanic *glis- (cognates: Old English glisian "to glitter, shine," Old Frisian glisa "to shine," Middle High German glistern "to sparkle," Old Danish glisse "to shine"), from PIE *ghleis-, from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), and compare glint and glad). Related: Glistened; glistening."

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