shimmer

• n. 微光；闪光
• vi. 闪烁；发闪烁的微光
• vt. 使闪烁

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.

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2. The jewel has a beautiful shimmer.

那颗宝石有美丽的闪光.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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