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单词 glimmer
释义
glimmer
verb[I]
uk
/ˈɡlɪm.ər/us
/ˈɡlɪm.ɚ/
toshinewith aweaklightor alightthat is notcontinuous:
发出微弱的光；隐约闪烁
Thelightsof thevillagewere glimmering in thedistance.远处村庄微弱的灯光时隐时现。
Theskyglimmeredwithstars.天空闪烁着点点星光。
a glimmeringcandle暗淡摇曳的烛光
Synonym
gleam
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving out light
  • afire
  • albedo
  • beam
  • bioluminescence
  • brighten
  • burnished
  • candlelit
  • flicker
  • gleam
  • glitter
  • illuminate
  • noctilucent
  • non-glare
  • non-luminous
  • out-glitter
  • pearlescence
  • reflected ray
  • shine
  • spotlight
  • wink
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glimmer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡlɪm.ərr/us
/ˈɡlɪm.ɚ/
(alsoglimmering,uk/ˈɡlɪm.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡlɪm.ɚ.ɪŋ/)

glimmernoun[C](LIGHT)

alightthat glimmersweakly:
闪烁的微光；微弱的亮光
Wesawa glimmeroflightin thedistance.我们看到远处有一线微光。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quantities & units of light
  • anti-glare
  • aureole
  • beam
  • blip
  • brightness
  • glare
  • gleam
  • glint
  • glitter
  • glow
  • halo
  • multiphoton
  • pencil
  • photon
  • radiance
  • ray
  • sheen
  • shimmer
  • shine
  • twinkle
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glimmernoun[C](SIGN)

aslightsignof something good orpositive:
微弱的（好）迹象；一丝，一线
This month'ssalesfiguresoffera glimmerofhopefor thedepressedeconomy.这个月的销售额给萧条的经济带来一丝希望。
She's nevershowna glimmerofinterestinclassicalmusic.她对古典音乐从没有表现出过一丁点儿兴趣。
The first glimmeroflight(=signofdevelopmentorunderstanding)hasappearedin thepeacetalks.和平会谈首次出现了一丝转机。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing and demonstrating
  • act out
  • attest
  • bespeak
  • betray
  • breastbeating
  • bring
  • define
  • demonstrative
  • flaunt
  • indicate
  • masterclass
  • point (something/someone) out
  • point the wayidiom
  • point to/towardssomething
  • probatory
  • produce
  • speak
  • visualization
  • wear
  • whiff
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(Definition ofglimmerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

glimmer| American Dictionary

glimmer
verb[I]
us
/ˈɡlɪm·ər/
(oflight) toshinewithoutstrengthor notcontinuously:
Acandleglimmeredfaintlyin thedarkenedroom.
glimmer
noun[C]
us
/ˈɡlɪm·ər/
aweaklightthat does notshinecontinuously:
a glimmer oflight
A glimmer is also aslightsign:
Thetreatyoffereda glimmer ofhopeto theregion.
(Definition ofglimmerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofglimmer

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The economic situation nevertheless offers some glimmers of hope.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The resolution makes no reference to the glimmers of hope for a negotiated solution which have been appearing in the last few hours.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They have kept themselves so very close for many years that no one has a glimmering idea of what their intention is.
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Recently, we have discerned glimmers of expectation that the weight of tax relief is to be diverted to the reduction in the basic rate.
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I heard the glimmers of hope that she gave in her reply, but that excellent regional museum needs help sooner rather than later.
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What could have emerged more strongly is that there are in this vicious debate ingredients that give glimmers of hope.
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Nevertheless, there are certain glimmers of light through the foliage.
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However, there have been some glimmers of hope in the recent past.
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There were glimmers of that in yesterday's debate.
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Quite the opposite - a realistic assessment suggests that there are only a few faint glimmers of hope on a dark horizon.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There are only glimmers of prospects for the future.
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Hansard archive
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Amidst the fashionable gloom there are at least some glimmers of light.
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Last year it was named as the northern business of the year—a well-deserved accolade—but such success stories are only small glimmers of light in a dark and bleak environment.
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Hansard archive
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The suffering is great, the prospects for further atrocities are bleak and the glimmers of hope are too dim for us not to examine and re-examine all choices.
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There are glimmers of hope.
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