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.
shimmer 英文释义
1. a weak and tremulous light;
"the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"
"the play of light on the water"
shimmer 双语例句
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.
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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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shimmer 实用场景例句
The sea was shimmering in the sunlight.
阳光下海水波光闪烁。
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a shimmer of moonlight in the dark sky
黑暗的夜空中忽明忽暗的月光
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The lights shimmered on the water...
水面上波光粼粼。
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The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat.
午后的热浪中,树木闪着微光。
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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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Iridescent shimmer particles - look beautifully glamorous on the skin and twinkle in the light.
彩虹闪烁粒子 - 令肌肤展现魅力光采,灯光下更尽显闪烁亮泽.
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Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage.
没有什么比新叶的微光更纯洁无瑕了.
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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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That night, streetlights shimmer in shivering puddles, darkened only briefly by the shadows of bicycles.
那天晚上, 路灯在小水洼振颤的涟漪中闪烁着, 只有单车经过时留下影子,才会暂且暗去.
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She stopped when she noticed the sky over the water begin to shimmer and grow brighter.
她忽然停了下来,她看见水面上的天空忽然开始有些微光透过并且越来越亮.
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Then we used a brown shimmer shadow and Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara.
然后,我们使用了棕色眼影和最高因子2000热量的睫毛膏.
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The jewel has a beautiful shimmer.
那颗宝石有美丽的闪光.
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The best rock crystal has the clarity and shimmer of water.
最佳的岩石水晶有水清晰和淡光.
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The polyurethane coating allows the fa ? ade to shimmer and reflect depending on the light condition.
聚氨酯 敷层 使得立面在一定光照条件下具有光泽和反射性能.
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The challenge is to make inanimate objects shimmer and glow vibrancy and life.
最大的挑战在于要让没有生命的物体洋溢着跃动的光芒和生命的光采.
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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.
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The air began to bend and shimmer between the doctor and the startled soldiers.
