| 释义 |
shim·mer
I. \ˈshimə(r)\ verb
(shimmered ; shimmered ; shimmering \-m(ə)riŋ\ ; shimmers)
Etymology: Middle English schimeren, schemeren, from Old English scimerian; akin to Middle Low German schēmeren to get dark, German schimmern to glimmer, Old English scīmian to shine, grow dark, scīma ray, light, brightness — more at shim
intransitive verb
1. : to shine with a tremulous or fitful light : gleam faintly : glimmer
< the street lights shimmered behind the veil of snow — Morley Callaghan >
< by moonlight its powdery sands shimmer like snow — D.L.Graham >
2. : to reflect a wavering sometimes distorted visual image
< heat waves shimmered before our eyes — F.P.Conant >
transitive verb
: to cause to shimmer
< the night breeze … stirred the leaves on trees, shimmering them in the moonlight — Stuart Cloete >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a fitful, tremulous light : glimmer : a subdued sparkle or sheen : a scintillating effect
< the faint shimmer of heat lightning — R.P.Warren >
< the shimmer of young foliage — L.P.Smith >
< enough to give a shimmer of danger to the atmosphere — Ellery Sedgwick >
2. : a wavering sometimes distorted visual image usually produced by a reflection from heat waves
< the slate roofs sent shimmers up … in the glare — Elizabeth Bowen >
< a constant shimmer of heat over wide concrete highways — S.W.Matthews >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: shim (II) + -er (freq. suffix)
1. : shim 1
2. : to fit a shim between surfaces of (work)
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: shim (III) + -er (n. suffix)
1.
a. : one that shims
b. : shim
2. : one that inserts shims |