glitter
glitter 英 [ˈglɪtə(r)] 美 [ˈɡlɪtɚ]
vi. 闪光； 闪亮；闪耀 n. 闪光；闪耀
进行时:glittering 过去式:glittered 过去分词:glittered 第三人称单数:glitters 名词复数:glitters
- A glitter is a sparkle or flash of light. To glitter is to gleam or shine, as if glistening with moisture.
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- vi. 闪光； 闪亮；闪耀
- n. 闪光；闪耀
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1. The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold.
大教堂的天花板金光闪闪。
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2. The water glittered in the sunlight.
水面在阳光下闪闪发光。
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3. His eyes glittered with greed.
他眼睛里闪现出贪婪的神色。
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4. the glitter of diamonds
钻石的光彩
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5. There was a triumphant glitter in his eyes.
他眼睛里闪烁着胜利的光辉。
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6. the superficial glitter of show business
表面上光彩迷人的演艺业
- glitter (n.) c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.
- glitter (v.) c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (source also of Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (source also of Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold. Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
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