glimmering
present participle ofglimmer
| 单词 | glimmering |
| 释义 | glimmering present participle ofglimmer glimmer verb[I] uk/ˈɡlɪm.ər/us/ˈɡlɪm.ɚ/toshinewith aweaklightor alightthat is notcontinuous: Thelightsof thevillagewere glimmering in thedistance. Theskyglimmeredwithstars. a glimmeringcandle Synonym gleam Giving out light
Examplesofglimmeringglimmering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Aglimmeringof these sentiments is evident from events in the 1580s. From theCambridge English Corpus In the face of this general pattern, there are some glimmerings of evidence that young children are quite good at producing certain types of derivational suffixes. From theCambridge English Corpus That is oneglimmeringlight of progress in a rather dismal arms control scene. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are now glimmerings of sense beginning to come forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do so there should be no reason why we should not see theglimmeringof the dawn on the distant horizon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One begins to get from lines 5 to 8 aglimmeringof understanding of what we are dealing with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We would then understand better what we are only beginning to get aglimmeringof, and that is, the true marginal tax effect on individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many who feel now that we are just beginning to see aglimmeringof light. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are not even the glimmerings of a policy, let alone a fully worked out and effectively deployed strategy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone with aglimmeringof instinct for constitution making would say that this attempt to combine the unitary with the devolved can never work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes have glimmerings of hope that there will be some sort of repentance in the dim and distant future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is aglimmeringcoming from the party opposite which now shows that they realise, at last, that great obligation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have kept themselves so very close for many years that no one has aglimmeringidea of what their intention is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the end of anything, but it may be the beginning of theglimmeringof sanity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Aglimmeringsense of law would prevent any person falling into that mistake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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