glitter

英 ['glɪtə] 美 ['ɡlɪtɚ]

解释

※ 提供单词"glitter"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

glitter 闪耀，光彩夺目

来自PIE*ghel, 照耀，发光，词源同glass, gold.

glitter: glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra.
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glitter (v.): c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
glitter (n.): c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.

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1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.: 48岁的加里·格利特透露了他青春永驻的秘密。

3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.: 这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了.

4. She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.: 她被自己的生活中表面上的光鲜与奢华所蒙蔽。

5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.: 时装业表面上光彩迷人, 但其实是个辛苦的行业.