• vi. 閃光；閃爍
• n. 閃光；燦爛

來自PIE*ghel, 照耀，發(fā)光，詞源同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.

1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.

48歲的加里·格利特透露了他青春永駐的秘密。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.

用些圓形小金屬片或發(fā)光小亮片裝飾這件女式短上衣。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.

這孩子被圣誕樹上閃耀的裝飾物吸引住了.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

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鮮與奢華所蒙蔽。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.

時裝業(yè)表面上光彩迷人, 但其實是個辛苦的行業(yè).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》