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单词 glitter
释义
glitter
verb[I]
uk
/ˈɡlɪt.ər/us
/ˈɡlɪt̬.ɚ/
toproducea lot ofsmall,brightflashesofreflectedlight:
闪烁，闪耀，闪光
Herdiamondnecklaceglitteredbrilliantlyunder thespotlights.聚光灯下她的钻石项链流光溢彩，光芒四射。
literary
If someone'seyesglitter, theylookbrightandexpressstrongfeeling:
（眼睛）闪烁
Hisdarkeyesglitteredwithangerbehind hisglasses.他那双黑眼睛透过镜片喷射出怒火。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving out light
  • afire
  • albedo
  • beam
  • bioluminescence
  • burnished
  • candlelit
  • flicker
  • gleam
  • glimmer
  • glow
  • illuminate
  • noctilucent
  • non-glare
  • non-luminous
  • out-glitter
  • pearlescence
  • reflected ray
  • shine
  • spotlight
  • wink
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Idiom

all that glitters is not gold
glitter
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡlɪt.ər/us
/ˈɡlɪt̬.ɚ/

glitternoun[U](EXCITEMENT)

theexcitementandattractivequalityconnectedwithrichandfamouspeople:
（富人或名人的）吸引力，魅力，诱惑力
He wasattractedby the glitterofHollywood.好莱坞的魅力令他心驰神往。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attracting and tempting
  • affinity
  • allure
  • alluringly
  • arrest
  • attract
  • catnip
  • charisma
  • charm offensive
  • charm the pants offsomeoneidiom
  • chum
  • glamorousness
  • glamour
  • honey trap
  • incentive
  • jump out atsomeone
  • tantalizingly
  • tempt
  • temptation
  • temptingly
  • ticklesomeone'sfancyidiom
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

glitternoun[U](BRIGHT LIGHT)

anoccasionwhen something glitters:
闪烁，闪耀，闪光
the glitterofthefireworks焰火的绚烂
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Quantities & units of light
  • anti-glare
  • aureole
  • beam
  • blip
  • brightness
  • glare
  • gleam
  • glimmer
  • glint
  • glow
  • halo
  • multiphoton
  • pencil
  • photon
  • radiance
  • ray
  • shaft
  • sheen
  • shimmer
  • shine
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glitternoun[U](DECORATION)

verysmallpiecesofshinymaterialused todecoratetheskinor used bychildrento makepictures
（装饰或儿童作画用的）小发光物，发光碎屑
picture of glitter
mikroman6/Moment/GettyImages
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Painting & drawing materials
  • acrylic
  • airbrush
  • blank canvas
  • brush
  • canvas
  • drawing board
  • easel
  • mannikin
  • oil
  • paint
  • paintbrush
  • palette
  • palette knife
  • pencil
  • poster colour
  • spray paint
  • stencil
  • template
  • watercolour
  • woodblock
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Make-up & skin care
(Definition ofglitterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

glitter| American Dictionary

glitter
verb[I]
us
/ˈɡlɪt̬·ər/
toshinewith little,brightflashesofreflectedlight:
Thegrassglittered likejewels.
glitter
noun[U]
us
/ˈɡlɪt̬·ər/
little,brightflashesofreflectedlight:
the glitter ofmoonlighton thelake
Glitter is also verysmallpiecesofshinymaterialused todecorateasurface:
Decorate thedresswith glitter andbuttons.
(Definition ofglitterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofglitter

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Accordingly, their ' presumption ' would cause them to forfeit the salvation for which they longed and for which the zeal of their ' glittering ' hypocrisy so unfitted them.
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Here is a glittering golden opportunity to recreate in full our great capital city.
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I thought that in the concluding phases of this debate we, too, would be given the enjoyment of that glittering performance.
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We have not got a court which is the centre of a glittering social life.
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I know that it is easy to use glittering phrases.
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There are not glittering prizes in the state defender's office.
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With their shiny surfaces and glittering windscreens they impose all the associations of urban life on scenes which should be free, natural and wild.
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Furthermore, theirs is a precarious life and livelihood, often with spells of glittering income followed by drab days.
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I firmly believe that we, more than any other people, have it within our power to seize those glittering opportunities of the future.
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Despite the doom-bug scare talk, there is no doubt that glittering prizes are available where successful research is carried out.
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I am not convinced by these glittering lawyers.
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I know the medical profession holds out many glittering prizes.
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At any rate, if they were "glittering promises," they were glittering only in comparison with the gloom in which we live.
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I think these glittering unrealities of rhetoric are the greatest danger.
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They are only that part of the iceberg that glitters above the surface of the ocean.
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