glimmering

英 [ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ]

n.  微弱的迹象
v.  隐约地闪烁; 发出微弱的闪光
glimmer的现在分词

复数：glimmerings　

BNC.37997 / COCA.31540

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 微弱的迹象；蒙眬的显现
  Aglimmering ofsomething is a faint sign of it.
  1. ...a glimmering of understanding.
     蒙眬的认识
  2. ...the first glimmerings of civilization.
     文明的曙光初现

英英释义

noun

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  1. he had no inkling what was about to happen
  Synonym:inklingintimationglimmer

双语例句

• Since that November day they have filled the skies of West Lothian with glimmering discs, strange lights and bouncing balls of fire.
  在那天之后，他们在西洛锡安区的天空中不断制造闪烁的光盘，奇怪的亮光和跳跃的火球。
• And Hester Prynne, with the embroidered letter glimmering on her bosom;
  还有海丝特-白兰，胸前闪着刺绣的字母；
• These mirrors go glimmering away into infinity.
  镜子交相辉映，看不到尽头。
• And starring these tiers of leaves were white lotus flowers, alluringly open or bashfully in bud, like glimmering pearls, stars in an azure sky, or beauties fresh from the bath.
  层层的叶子中心，零星地点缀着些白花，有袅娜地开着的，有羞怯地打着朵儿的；正如一粒粒的明珠，又如碧天里的星星，又如刚出浴的佳丽。
• The field was very dark, with just a few glimmering lights. Faster and faster came the drops, until a solid sheet of water flooded the streets and fields.
  田野里一片漆黑，只有几点荧火偶尔闪过。雨点越下越急，滂沱大雨淹没了街道和田野。
• Signs of a global economic recovery are glimmering, but are they enough to justify taking a major vacation?
  尽管全球经济隐约出现复苏的迹象，但是不是单凭这点就足够让我们来休个长假了呢？
• Even in the most unlikely and conservative of places, you can find sometimes this glimmering idea that God might be bigger than our limited religious doctrines have taught us.
  即使在最不可能、最因循守旧的地方，有时也能发现这个闪闪发光的观念：神可能大过有限的宗教教条所给予的教导。
• And there stood the minister, with his hand over his heart; and Hester Prynne, with the embroidered letter glimmering on her bosom; and little Pearl, herself a symbol, and the connecting link between those two.
  就在那儿，站着牧师，他一手捂着心口；还有海丝特，白兰，胸前闪着刺绣的字母；以及小珠儿，她本人就是一个象征着他同她之间连接的环节。
• The glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow-Claudia Cassidy; glimmering candlelight.
  春雨中闪烁的水雾撒满了阳光，变成了彩虹&克劳迪娅·凯西蒂；闪烁着微光的烛火。
• The sun had just set as she raised her head above the waves; but the clouds were tinted with crimson and gold, and through the glimmering twilight beamed the evening star in all its beauty.
  当她把头伸出海面的时候，太阳已经下落了，可是所有的云块还是像玫瑰花和黄金似地发着光；同时，在这淡红的天上，大白星已经在美丽地、光亮地眨着眼睛。