shimmer

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n. 微光, 闪光 vi. 闪烁 vt. 使闪烁

发音

UK /ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/
US /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/

词形变化

shimmers 复数 shimmered shimmereth shimmering shimmers 三单 shimmers shimmering 现在分词 shimmered 过去式 shimmered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

  2. 2.

    A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

    计算机 工程 数学
  3. 1.

    A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.

    不及物

    1581, John Studley (translator), Medea, Act 4, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, London: Thomas Marsh, p. 135, With dusky shimmering wanny globe, her lampe doth pale appeare

  2. 2.

    Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

play

上位词 3

change modification alteration
动词

上位词 6

shine beam glitter gleam glint glisten

相关短语

shimmer stick shimmer sticks

词源

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.

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