| 单词 | glitter |
| 释义 | glitter (once / 255 pages) nv A glitter is a sparkle or flash of light. To glitter is to gleam or shine, as if glistening with moisture. Glitter isn’t just shiny stuff you use in craft projects. When used as a noun, glitter can refer to any kind of gleam, glint, spark, or flash of light, like the flicker of a firefly at night. This word can also be used as a verb. An ornate golden goblet glitters brightly — as does anything coated in a thick layer of glitter. WORD FAMILYglitter: glittered, glittering, glitters, glittery+/glittering: glitteringly USAGE EXAMPLESThe red cantilevered stairways look like the ventricles of a heart coursing with glitter blood. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) A separate operation was responsible for cleanup downtown on Fremont Street, the city's famous Glitter Gulch. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) At first it was pretty standard fare: She posed, framed by feathers, as a glittering pop princess through a pristine, apparently lip-synced “Auld Lang Syne.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the quality of shining with a bright reflected light Syn|Hyper glisten, glister, scintillation, sparkle brightness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white 2n the occurrence of a small flash or spark Syn|Hyper coruscation, sparkle flash a sudden intense burst of radiant energy 3v be shiny, as if wet Syn|Hypo|Hyper gleam, glint, glisten, shine spangle glitter as if covered with spangles shimmergive off a shimmering reflection, as of silk appear, look, seem give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
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