shimmer

英['ʃɪmə] 美['ʃɪmɚ]
  • n. 微光;闪光
  • vi. 闪烁;发闪烁的微光
  • vt. 使闪烁

词态变化


复数: shimmers;第三人称单数: shimmers;过去式: shimmered;过去分词: shimmered;现在分词: shimmering;

助记提示


1. shine => shimmer.
2. shine + glimmer.
3. shine => *shin- => *shim- => shimmer.

中文词源


shimmer 闪光,闪烁

来自古英语 scimerian,闪光,闪烁,来自 Proto-Germanic*skim,照耀,闪光,来自 PIE*skai, 照耀,闪光,词源同 shine,sheen.-er,表反复。

英文词源


shimmer
shimmer: [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim- (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski-, from which English gets sheer and shine.
=> sheer, shine
shimmer (n.)
"a tremulous light," 1821, from shimmer (v.).
shimmer (v.)
Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cognates: Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.

双语例句


1. Besides , the Shimmer and NNE are more sensitive and have diagnosis value.
其中shimmer和NNE敏感性高,具有诊断价值.

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2. The jewel has a beautiful shimmer.
那颗宝石有美丽的闪光.

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3. The room was dark, but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.
屋子里很黑, 但靠近窗户的地方有点微光.

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4. He had melted off into the surface - shimmer of the desert, into the mirage.
他在沙漠里闪闪烁烁的热空气里熔化了, 在海市蜃楼的幻景里消失了.

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5. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable.
海面上泛着微光,闪烁着神奇的色彩.

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