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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On summer nights, the glimmering lights are fireflies.
  夏日的夜晚荧光点点，那是荧火虫在飞翔。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。