shimmer
英['ʃɪmə]
美['ʃɪmɚ]
- n. 微光；闪光
- vi. 闪烁；发闪烁的微光
- vt. 使闪烁
词态变化
复数: shimmers;第三人称单数: shimmers;过去式: shimmered;过去分词: shimmered;现在分词: shimmering;
助记提示
1. shine => shimmer.
2. shine + glimmer.
3. shine => *shin- => *shim- => shimmer.
中文词源
shimmer 闪光，闪烁
来自古英语 scimerian,闪光，闪烁，来自 Proto-Germanic*skim,照耀，闪光，来自 PIE*skai, 照耀，闪光，词源同 shine,sheen.-er,表反复。
英文词源
- shimmer
- shimmer: [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim- (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski-, from which English gets sheer and shine.
=> sheer, shine - shimmer (n.)
- "a tremulous light," 1821, from shimmer (v.).
- shimmer (v.)
- Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cognates: Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.
双语例句
- 1. Besides , the Shimmer and NNE are more sensitive and have diagnosis value.
- 其中shimmer和NNE敏感性高,具有诊断价值.
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- 2. The jewel has a beautiful shimmer.
- 那颗宝石有美丽的闪光.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The room was dark, but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.
- 屋子里很黑, 但靠近窗户的地方有点微光.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He had melted off into the surface - shimmer of the desert, into the mirage.
- 他在沙漠里闪闪烁烁的热空气里熔化了, 在海市蜃楼的幻景里消失了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable.
- 海面上泛着微光,闪烁着神奇的色彩.
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