glisten
英 ['gl?s(?)n]
美 ['ɡl?sn]
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
glisten 閃光，閃耀來自PIE*ghel, 照耀，發光，詞源同glass, gold.
英文詞源
- glisten (v.)
- Old English glisnian "to glisten, gleam," from Proto-Germanic *glis- (cognates: Old English glisian "to glitter, shine," Old Frisian glisa "to shine," Middle High German glistern "to sparkle," Old Danish glisse "to shine"), from PIE *ghleis-, from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), and compare glint and glad). Related: Glistened; glistening.
雙語例句
- 1. Dewdrops sparkle [ glisten ] in the morning sun.
- 露珠在晨光下閃閃發光.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Her eyes began to glisten, and her lids to twinkle.
- 她的眼睛開始發亮, 眼皮直眨.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The leaves glisten with dew.
- 葉子上的露水閃閃發光.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
- 天上烈日炎炎, 大地被蒸曬得閃閃發光,熱露淋淋.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I watched the moonlight glisten on the waters of Laguna Beach.
- 我凝視著倒映在拉古納灣水面上的月光.
來自互聯網