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单词 glimmer
释义  glim·mer1 /ˈɡlɪmə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1  SIGN/INDICATIONa small sign of something such as hope or understanding 〔希望等的〕微弱迹象,一丝glimmer of a glimmer of hope for the future 对未来的一丝希望2  LIGHTa light that is not very bright 微弱的光 SYN gleamglimmer of the first glimmer of dawn 第一道熹微的晨光Examples from the Corpusglimmer• Yet, relations with Washington are on an extremely sound basis and there is a glimmer of improvement with Seoul.• There is a glimmer of a smile.• Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride.• A glimmer of lightning lit the window again, and the thunder could be heard, distant and muted.• He looked across the sea: a faint glimmer of pale light was rising in the midnight-blue sky.• The latticework of branches reveals glimmers of a fading sky.• From time to time the passages opened out into caverns, some so gigantic that the glimmer from the two spears was lost in them.• the glimmer of a candleglimmer of hope• Eventually came a glimmer of hope.• But there has lately come a glimmer of hope.• The last two verses give a glimmer of hope.• There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon.• Still, he is impressive as the surly, enigmatic intellectual who offers Jane a glimmer of hope for a better life.• And Felton's miscue off Neil Smith offered them a glimmer of hope.• By the time Dilley went for 56 there was a tiny glimmer of hope.glimmer2 verb [intransitive]  SHINEto shine with a light that is not very bright 发出微光 SYN gleam a weak glimmering light 微弱的闪光→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusglimmer• The water settled there for a second, glimmering.• A light glimmered at the end of the hall.• But now a meaningful benign world, the source of my dreams, glimmers briefly.• Like a thousand insect-eyes glimmering in shadow, they are watching you.• A faint blue glow was shining from the observation windows and glimmering inside the open airlock.• Outside, the streets glimmered morbidly.• Ribbons of light spoked across the alley, glimmering through the interstices of an unfurled bamboo blind stretched across an entrance.• The house glimmered through the trees, blazed against the black salt grass, the royal-blue evening sky.Origin glimmer2 (1400-1500) Probably from a Scandinavian languageglim·mer1 nounglimmer2 verbChineseSyllable   Corpus a small as such sign of something
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