单词 | glint |
释义 | glint I. intransitive verb 1. a. archaic < the majority of the shells struck armor and simply glinted off — W.A.M.Goode > b. of rays of light < light gleaming and sparkling on the sea … glinting from the sand — J.L.Lowes > 2. a. (1) < the slightly ruffled surface of the lake was glinting brilliantly in the morning sunlight > < little tin cups that glint like bright money — Lillian Smith > < you can see the rocks and pebbles glinting under the shimmering veil of water — William Goyen > (2) < eyes glinting with anger > < sunlight glinted on the vicious edges of the bottle fragments — Harriet La Barre > (3) < moonlight glinted on the brass bed — Sloane Wilson > b. < held a magnifying glass over my hand and let the sun glint through — Charles Spielberger > 3. 4. < across the river the village … glinted through the palms — H.O.Forbes > transitive verb < the dark surface of the water caught the lights of the boat and glinted them brightly back > II. 1. a. (1) < watched the twin glints of his eyeglasses > (2) < the singularly venomous glint in her eye — Ngaio Marsh > (3) < glints of ruddy light playing over the polished dark mahogany > b. < the little room was dusky, save for a narrow glint streaming through the not quite closed door of the room — Charles Dickens > c. (1) < the glint of unshed tears blurring the clear bright blue of his eyes — Marcia Davenport > < the glint of spring and autumn sunlight — Donn Byrne > (2) < his bright eyes burning with a sharp wild glint of madness — Thomas Wolfe > (3) < the glint of moonlight through the leaves > 2. archaic 3. < thought I detected a glint of recognition in her expression > |
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