| 单词 | shimmer |
| 释义 | shimmer (once / 1404 pages) vn When you shimmer you shine, although sometimes quite weakly. A shimmer is small and sometimes weak, and in danger of going out, but it's there all the same and often beautiful. You know how silk catches the light and shines in lovely ways? That's a shimmer. How about when you feel like it's the end of the world but there's a little piece of you that believes things are going to get better? That's a shimmer of hope. Or when you open a door to a dark room and the light from the hall falls into the darkness? That's a shimmer of light. WORD FAMILYshimmer: shimmered, shimmering, shimmers, shimmery USAGE EXAMPLESShimmering red specimens, streaming into the light: this is beautiful in an appalling way. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He saw the shimmering reflection of the Gulf of California and wondered about the world beyond. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) It’s a shimmering memorial to a late president few Russians miss and an era most would rather forget. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1v shine with a weak or fitful light Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight Hyper beam, shine emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 2v give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk Hyper gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shine be shiny, as if wet 3n a weak and tremulous light the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers Syn|Hyper play alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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