单词	glimmer
释义	glimmer1 nounglimmer2 verb glimmerglim‧mer1 /ˈɡlɪmə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the glimmer of a candle EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A glimmer of lightning lit the window again, and the thunder could be heard, distant and muted. Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride. From time to time the passages opened out into caverns, some so gigantic that the glimmer from the two spears was lost in them. 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. There is a glimmer of a smile. Yet, relations with Washington are on an extremely sound basis and there is a glimmer of improvement with Seoul. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatormaking you feel more hope► hopeful · The fact that the two sides have agreed to hold negotiations is an extremely hopeful sign.look hopeful · Things might get better, but it isn't looking very hopeful right now.sound hopeful · At the interview they told me I was "the right sort of person'. I thought that sounded kind of hopeful. ► encouraging making you feel more confident and hopeful: · The doctor had some encouraging news -- I would soon be able to walk again.· There are one or two more encouraging signs in the economy now.· So far the results of our tests have been very encouraging. ► promising seeming likely to be good or successful: · The future looks promising for British companies abroad.· The weather outlook for the weekend isn't very promising.· My grandfather gave up a promising career in law to fight for his country. ► offer hope if something such as a new situation or discovery offers hope , it makes it possible for people to feel more hopeful that a bad situation will improve: offer hope to: · The new treatment may offer hope to thousands of cancer patients.offer hope of: · A recent UN initiative seems to offer some hope of a lasting peace settlement in the region. ► raise hopes to make people more confident than before that what they are hoping for will happen: raise hopes that: · The latest news has raised hopes that another Western hostage might soon be released.raise somebody's hopes: · Speculation in the press about tax cuts has raised everyone's hopes. ► auspicious formal making people hopeful that good things will happen: · The baseball season got off to an auspicious start with two good wins for the Tokyo Giants.· It is my honour to toast the bride and groom on this auspicious occasion. ► light at the end of the tunnel something good that gives you hope that a long and difficult period is going to end soon: · For Jane there is some light at the end of the tunnel, but many anorexia sufferers continue to suffer in silence.see the light at the end of the tunnel (=realize that there is hope): · After all the problems we've had we're finally beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. ► a glimmer of hope/a ray of hope something that gives you a small reason to hope that a bad situation will improve: · The news gave a glimmer of hope that Michael might be released from prison early.· The one ray of hope seemed to be the possibility that the enemy would call off their attack because of the weather. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► glimmer of hope  a glimmer of hope for the future COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a gleam/glimmer/flicker of amusement (=a small amount in someone's eyes or on someone’s face)· He examined her face with a wry gleam of amusement. ► a glimmer/ray of hope (=a little hope, or something that gives you a little hope)· The new treatment gives patients a glimmer of hope. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► faint · He looked across the sea: a faint glimmer of pale light was rising in the midnight-blue sky.· On her face appeared the faint glimmer of a smile.· There was a faint glimmer of light from her window; it was from the night-light which she kept burning.· But through the murk there was a faint glimmer of light. VERB► see · Unhappily, she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids.· I began to see a tiny glimmer of light.· He was beginning to see a glimmer of sense about this world. 1a small sign of something such as hope or understandingglimmer of a glimmer of hope for the future2a light that is not very bright SYN  gleamglimmer of the first glimmer of dawn glimmer1 nounglimmer2 verb glimmerglimmer2 verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINglimmer2 Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from a Scandinavian language Verb Table VERB TABLE glimmer Simple Form Present they glimmer it glimmers Past it, they glimmered Present perfect they have glimmered it has glimmered Past perfect it, they had glimmered Future it, they will glimmer Future perfect it, they will have glimmered Continuous Form Present they are glimmering it is glimmering Past they were glimmering it was glimmering Present perfect they have been glimmering it has been glimmering Past perfect it, they had been glimmering Future it, they will be glimmering Future perfect it, they will have been glimmering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A light glimmered at the end of the hall. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A faint blue glow was shining from the observation windows and glimmering inside the open airlock. 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. 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. The water settled there for a second, glimmering. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a gleam/glimmer/flicker of amusement (=a small amount in someone's eyes or on someone’s face)· He examined her face with a wry gleam of amusement. ► a glimmer/ray of hope (=a little hope, or something that gives you a little hope)· The new treatment gives patients a glimmer of hope. to shine with a light that is not very bright SYN  gleam:  a weak glimmering light
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