| 单词 | glitterball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglitterball glitterball n. a large decorative glittering or sparkling ball, esp. one covered with small mirrored facets, typically suspended from a ceiling and used to provide lighting effects at a dance, disco, etc.; cf. disco ball n., mirror ball n. ΚΠ 1924 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 5 Sept. 4/6 From the centre of the ceiling was suspended a large ‘glitter ball’... To compete the effect, Crystal Pictures directed a spot light on this ball and the consequent myriad reflections beautified the scene. 1989 P. McCabe Carn (1993) v. 90 Goosepimples crawled on Sadie's back as she wanted the singer fall to his knees clutching the microphone like a chalice, the circling glitterball tossing specks of the light on his t-shirt. 2020 Daily Star (Nexis) 14 Sept. 12 We might not have danced under the glitterball doing The Loco-Motion but Kylie Minogue gave us a reason to dust off our disco pants this weekend. < as lemmas |
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