| 单词 | twinkling |
| 释义 | twinkling (once / 909 pages) adjn The adjective twinkling refers to light that appears sporadically bright and then faint. When the light from stars is twinkling, it may look as if they're winking at you. Of course, it's not the stars themselves that are twinkling, but their light, which gets refracted as it passes through the turbulence of the earth's atmosphere. The same goes for the lights of distant cities or any other lights that stay constant but appear to brighten and dim. As a noun, twinkling means something brief, as in "the twinkling of an eye." WORD FAMILYtwinkling: twinklingly, twinklings+/twinkle: twinkled, twinkler, twinkles, twinkling, twinkly/twinkler: twinklers USAGE EXAMPLESShe wore winter boots, a dark sweater patterned with snowflakes, and twinkling stud earrings. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) After decades of monotonous overwork, that must seem like the twinkling of an eye. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) We will adorn their branches with twinkling lights and colourful baubles and place our lovingly wrapped gifts underneath. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj shining intermittently with a sparkling light twinkling stars Syn bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 2n a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) Syn|Hyper New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, wink bit, minute, mo, moment, second an indefinitely short time |
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