shim·mer /ˈʃɪmɚ/
微光,閃光(vi.)發閃爍之光(vt.)使閃爍
Shim·mer v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.
Shim·mer, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. --Sir W. Scott.
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shimmer
n : a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on
iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
[syn: play]
v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered
in the moonlight"
2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk