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单词 glint
释义 glint
I. \ˈglint\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English glinten, alteration of glenten — more at glent
intransitive verb
1.
 a. archaic : to move rapidly and usually obliquely; specifically : to glance off an object struck
  < the majority of the shells struck armor and simply glinted off — W.A.M.Goode >
 b. of rays of light : to strike a reflecting surface obliquely and dart out at an angle
  < light gleaming and sparkling on the sea … glinting from the sand — J.L.Lowes >
2.
 a. : to shine usually by reflection:
  (1) : to shine with tiny bright flashes : sparkle
   < 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) : to shine with a hard bright metallic luster of scattered light : glitter
   < eyes glinting with anger >
   < sunlight glinted on the vicious edges of the bottle fragments — Harriet La Barre >
  (3) : to shine with a subdued scattered light : gleam
   < moonlight glinted on the brass bed — Sloane Wilson >
 b. : to emit scattered rays of light
  < held a magnifying glass over my hand and let the sun glint through — Charles Spielberger >
3. : to look quickly or briefly : peep
4. : to appear briefly, faintly, or transiently
 < across the river the village … glinted through the palms — H.O.Forbes >
transitive verb
: to cause to glint : reflect in tiny flashes or gleams
 < the dark surface of the water caught the lights of the boat and glinted them brightly back >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a.
  (1) : a tiny bright usually reflected flash of light : sparkle
   < watched the twin glints of his eyeglasses >
  (2) : a hard bright metallic point of light
   < the singularly venomous glint in her eye — Ngaio Marsh >
  (3) : a small point of subdued light : gleam
   < glints of ruddy light playing over the polished dark mahogany >
 b. : a ray of scattered light
  < the little room was dusky, save for a narrow glint streaming through the not quite closed door of the room — Charles Dickens >
 c.
  (1) : a shining appearance produced by tiny bright scattered flashes : sparkling brightness
   < 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) : a glittering metallic luster
   < his bright eyes burning with a sharp wild glint of madness — Thomas Wolfe >
  (3) : a subdued radiance : gleaming
   < the glint of moonlight through the leaves >
2. archaic : glance, glimpse
3. : a brief, faint, or transient appearance or manifestation (as of a quality)
 < thought I detected a glint of recognition in her expression >
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