glitter
- 英式英标[\'ɡlɪtɚ]
- 美式音标[\'glɪtə]
中文词源
glitter 闪耀，光彩夺目
来自PIE*ghel, 照耀，发光，词源同glass, gold.
英文词源
- glitter
- glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra.
=> glitz - glitter (v.)
- c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
- glitter (n.)
- c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.
中文解释
1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.4. 光(拼音：guang <= g- + -uang) => gl- "流动的光". <= 类比：flow.5. 哥哥(路过垃圾堆时)在垃圾堆里捡到了一个闪闪发光的钻戒。
实用例句
- 1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.
- 48岁的加里·格利特透露了他青春永驻的秘密。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.
- 用些圆形小金属片或发光小亮片装饰这件女式短上衣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.
- 这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.
- 她被自己的生活中表面上的光鲜与奢华所蒙蔽。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.
- 时装业表面上光彩迷人, 但其实是个辛苦的行业.
来自《简明英汉词典》