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

• Everything is done to deprive him of the last glimmering of reason, and to prepare him for his terrible part.
  一切事情的发生都要为了使他丧失最后一点理性，准备让他去扮演最可怕的角色。
• Then slowly, glimmering a little as with that light that sometimes clung to Ged's staff, the man appeared, standing some way upstream from Ged and Arren, among the great, dim masses of the boulders.
  接着，在Ged法杖上的微光里，出现了一个人的身影，就站在Ged和Arren的上游，在巨大阴暗的石阵之间。
• The background for five star billionaire, by contrast, is the glimmering, booming city of Shanghai& a place where aw makes us feel that anything is possible.
  相比之下，《五星级亿万富翁》的背景是一座微光闪烁，蓬勃发展的城市：上海，这是一个欧大旭让我们觉得一切皆有可能发生的地方。
• 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。
• 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。
• His eyes, however, were soon greeted by a little glimmering light, which, at first a long way off was approaching up the street.
  不过，他的目光很快便迎到一道微弱的闪光，起初还在远处，后来便沿街逐渐接近了。
• The sight gave her the glimmering of an idea.
  那个场景给了她关于一种想法的提示。
• 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。
• We begin to see the glimmering of a solution to the problem.
  我们开始看到问题可望解决的迹象。
• Later covers are slicker and racier near naked women, gleaming guns and glimmering diamonds are popular motifs.
  后来的封面更是风度翩翩，挑逗性的近乎赤裸的女郎，闪光的枪支和闪烁的钻石成了流行的主题。