| 单词 | glimmer |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['glimə] |
| 解释 | v.发微光；n.摇曳的微光 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 发微光(to give faint , flickering light)； 【考】 glimmer : dazzle / murmur : resound(程度:发微光发强光/ 低声说大声说) 【记】 来自 glim(灯，灯光)+mer →灯光摇曳 【例】 A faint light glimmered at the end of the passage. |
| 字源 | glimmer (v.) early 14c., "shine brightly," a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Compare Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering. glimmer (n.) 1580s, from glimmer (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 发微光(暗淡、微弱、柔和的闪光) = flash; n 摇曳的微光; 迹象 【记】glim(n 灯火; 微弱的迹象) 【类】glimmer: dazzle = murmur: resound发微光对发强光 = 低声说对大声说 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】近于gleam 【相关】gleam glimmer 微弱闪光，gloam 黄昏，薄暮，gloom 阴暗, 阴沉, glum 阴郁的, 阴沉的 |
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