shimmer

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復(fù)數(shù):?shimmers;第三人稱單數(shù):?shimmers;過去式:?shimmered;過去分詞:?shimmered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shimmering;

1. shine => shimmer.
2. shine + glimmer.
3. shine => *shin- => *shim- => shimmer.

shimmer 閃光，閃爍

來自古英語 scimerian,閃光，閃爍，來自 Proto-Germanic*skim,照耀，閃光，來自 PIE*skai, 照耀，閃光，詞源同 shine,sheen.-er,表反復(fù)。

shimmer: shimmer: [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim- (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski-, from which English gets sheer and shine.
=> sheer, shine
shimmer (n.): "a tremulous light," 1821, from shimmer (v.).
shimmer (v.): Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cognates: Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.

1. Besides , the Shimmer and NNE are more sensitive and have diagnosis value.: 其中shimmer和NNE敏感性高,具有診斷價(jià)值.

3. The room was dark, but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.: 屋子里很黑, 但靠近窗戶的地方有點(diǎn)微光.

4. He had melted off into the surface - shimmer of the desert, into the mirage.: 他在沙漠里閃閃爍爍的熱空氣里熔化了, 在海市蜃樓的幻景里消失了.

5. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable.: 海面上泛著微光,閃爍著神奇的色彩.