| 单词 | sparkle |
| 释义 | sparkle (once / 260 pages) vn Fairy dust, stars, Christmas lights, Hanukkah candles, freshly fallen snow, a lake when the sun hits it just right — all of these things sparkle. That means they shine with a bright, glistening, shimmering light. Sparkle can also refer to joy or merriment. When you're having a really good time, your face will sparkle. As a verb, sparkle means to be lively and excited, or to be so brilliant at something that you shine above the rest. It can also describe something bubbly or foamy — like when you add soap to your bath to make the bathwater sparkle. Sparkle can also describe something that produces sparks — like a magic wand. WORD FAMILYsparkle: sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparkling, sparkly+/sparkler: sparklers/sparkling: sparklingly, sparklings USAGE EXAMPLESBut when I looked harder I saw something sparkle. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) They leered across the bar throwing judgmental daggers at the laughter and sparkles. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) From the new movie “Live By Night,” a Deco-style beaded flapper dress is all sparkle. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v emit or produce sparks Syn|Hyper spark emit, give off, give out give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. 2v reflect brightly Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside Syn|Hyper coruscate, scintillate reflect, shine be bright by reflecting or casting light 3v be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity The musical performance sparkled Syn|Hyper coruscate, scintillate be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 4v become bubbly or frothy or foaming Sparkling water Syn|Hypo|Hyper effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth lather form a lather seethefoam as if boiling bubble form, produce, or emit bubbles 5n the occurrence of a small flash or spark Syn|Hyper coruscation, glitter flash a sudden intense burst of radiant energy 6n the quality of shining with a bright reflected light Syn|Hyper glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation brightness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white 7n merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance he had a sparkle in his eye Syn|Hyper light, spark, twinkle verve, vitality an energetic style aspect, expression, face, facial expression, lookthe feelings expressed on a person's face |
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