shimmer是什么意思

n. 微光；闪光

vi. 闪烁；发闪烁的微光

vt. 使闪烁

中文词源

shimmer 闪光，闪烁

来自古英语 scimerian,闪光，闪烁，来自 Proto-Germanic*skim,照耀，闪光，来自 PIE*skai, 照耀，闪光，词源同 shine,sheen.-er,表反复。

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

1. Besides , the Shimmer and NNE are more sensitive and have diagnosis value.: 其中shimmer和NNE敏感性高,具有诊断价值.

3. The room was dark, but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.: 屋子里很黑, 但靠近窗户的地方有点微光.

4. He had melted off into the surface - shimmer of the desert, into the mirage.: 他在沙漠里闪闪烁烁的热空气里熔化了, 在海市蜃楼的幻景里消失了.

5. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable.: 海面上泛着微光,闪烁着神奇的色彩.