| 英语单词 | glimmer |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['ɡlɪmə(r)] 美 ['ɡlɪmər] |
| 中文释义 | n.微光;少许 vi.发出微光 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He can see a glimmer of light through the curtain. (2) The candle made only a glimmer in the vast room. (3) He showed no glimmer of interest in what you had offered. (4) I didn't have a glimmer of what he meant. (5) From the cottage window a few lamps were glimmering in the distance. (6) A light glimmered at the end of the passage. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他能透过窗帘看到一丝微光。 (2) 蜡烛在这个很大的房间里仅仅发出一线微光。 (3) 他对你给他的东西没流露出一丝兴趣。 (4) 我一点也不了解他说的意思。 (5) 远处的农舍窗户闪烁着几盏微弱的灯。 (6) 走廊的尽头一盏灯闪烁着。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A glimmer is a tiny glint of light or the sliver of an idea. Either way, it's a sign of a lot more going on behind the scenes. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A glimmer of light is just a little bit of light, maybe sneaking through the curtains enough to make a flicker on the floor. A glimmer of an idea is just a small inkling of an idea. When someone doesn't understand something, you could make them feel worse by saying, "You don't have a glimmer of what I'm talking about, do you?" When it comes to light, you can also say light is glimmering, or gleaming. People often say stars are glimmering. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]发微光;隐约闪烁 If something glimmers, it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light. [V] [V-ing]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](常指闪烁的)微光 A glimmer is a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一丝;少许 A glimmer of something is a faint sign of it. [N
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