| 单词 | sparkling |
| 释义 | sparkling (once / 492 pages) adjn Something that's sparkling shines or glints with many little lights. You might say that the starry night sky is sparkling. You can describe someone's eyes as sparkling, if they twinkle with light, or admire the sparkling lights on your friend's Christmas tree. Another way to use the adjective sparkling is to describe a carbonated beverage, like sparkling wine or sparkling cider. Any fizzy, bubbly drink is sparkling. People have used sparkling to describe wine and eyes since the fifteenth century, and it comes from the Old English spearca, "glowing or fiery particle thrown off." WORD FAMILYsparkling: sparklingly, sparklings+/sparkle: sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparkling, sparkly/sparkler: sparklers USAGE EXAMPLESA tough, new building, with Thursday marking the Kings’ first visit to Rogers Place, the Oilers’ sparkling $475-million downtown home. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Tables will be cleared for dancing to a DJ around 11:30 p.m.; everyone receives a free sparkling midnight toast. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The other wine she’s sure to bring, especially for her mother, is a sparkling Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj shining with brilliant points of light like stars sparkling snow sparkling eyes Syn starry abounding with or resembling stars 2adj used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide sparkling wines sparkling water Syn|Ant effervescent noneffervescent, still not sparkling 3n a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash Syn|Hyper scintillation, twinkle alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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