| 释义 |
▪ I. glistering, vbl. n.|ˈglɪstərɪŋ|
[See -ing1.]
The action of the vb. glister; brilliance, glitter.
c1460Emare 100 For glysteryng of the ryche ston Redy syght had he non. 1579–80North Plutarch (1656) 395 The glistering of their..Harnesse, so richly trimmed and set forth with Gold and Silver. 1603Dekker Wonderfull Yeare A iij, That worship Glow-wormes (instead of the Sun) because of a little false glistering. 1706Stanhope Paraphr. III. 375 There is indeed a Glistering but no Intrinsick Value in them.
▪ II. ˈglistering, ppl. a.
[See -ing2.]
That glisters.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxix. (1495) 342 Shynynge comyth to the vtter partyes of a glysterynge body. c1460Emare 350 A boot he fond by the brym, And a glysteryng, thyng theryn. 1535Coverdale Job xx. 25 A glisteringe [so also 1611] swearde. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 31 b/2 Venomous [horse-leeches] have ther bodye shininge like vnto glistering wormes. 1611Bible Luke ix. 29 His raiment was white and glistering. a1716South Serm. (1737) IV. ii. 80 This glistring person so much admired by them is now a preparing for his ruin, and fatting for the slaughters of eternity. 1718Lady M. W. Montagu Verses Chiosk Brit. Pal., Pera 19 The barren Meads no longer yield Delight, By glistring Snows made painful to the Sight. 1849M. Arnold Poems, New Sirens 107 If the glistering wings of morning On the noon shook their dew. 1854Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 120 A wide waste of glistering sands.
Hence ˈglisteringly adv., in a glistering manner.
1587Turberv. Trag. T. etc. (1837) 323 All is not gold that glistringly appeere. 1649J. H. Motion to Parl. Adv. Learn. 22 This light that breaks so brightly and glistringly in. 1814Cary Dante, Parad. xvii. 118 The brightness..first shone glisteringly.
fig.1843E. Jones Sens. & Event 4 He stops, and glisteringly rides His laughter forth again. |