scintillate

v. 发出火花, 闪耀光芒

发音

UK /ˈsɪn.tɪˌleɪt/
AU
US /ˈsɪn.təˌleɪt/

词形变化

scintillated scintillates 三单 scintillates scintillating scintillating 现在分词 scintillated 过去式 scintillated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.

    天文
  3. 3.

    Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.

  4. 4.

    To dazzle or to impress.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To throw off like sparks.

    古体 及物

    As a boy young Arabin took up the cudgels on the side of the Tractarians, and at Oxford he sat for a while at the feet of the great [John Henry] Newman. To this cause he lent all his faculties. For it he concocted verses, for it he made speeches, for it he scintillated the brightest sparks of his quiet wit.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

twinkle sparkle winkle coruscate

上位词 7

shine beam reflect emit give off give out fluoresce

近义相关 2

twinkle winkle

词源

Borrowed from Latin scintillātus, past participle of scintillāre (“to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash”), from scintilla (“a spark”).

来源：wiktionary