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

• 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？
• He saw the glimmering of a fire upon the old walls, and entered.
  他看到炉火在古老的墙壁上闪闪发光，走了进去。
• 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。
• We could see the lights of the village glimmering in the distance.
  我们可以看到远处村庄隐隐发出的灯光。
• 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。
• He kept vigils, likewise, night after night, sometimes in utter darkness; sometimes with a glimmering lamp; and sometimes, viewing his own face in a looking-glass, by the most powerful light which he could throw upon it.
  他还彻夜不眠地祈祷，一夜接着一夜，有时在一片漆黑之中，有时只伴着一盏昏灯，有时则在脸上照着最强的光线面对一面镜子。
• A light is glimmering.
  一灯荧然。
• These mirrors go glimmering away into infinity.
  镜子交相辉映，看不到尽头。
• 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。
• Have you remembrances, the glimmering arches that span the summits of the mind?
  你们是否有记忆，那跨越心灵之峰的闪亮拱门？