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shimmering

/shim-er/US // ˈʃɪm ər //UK // (ˈʃɪmə) //

闪闪发光的,闪闪发光,闪闪发亮的,闪闪发亮

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
    • : to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
    • : a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.

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Examples

  • This season was no different, as he sent both men and women down the runway in shimmering head-to-toe looks.

  • When Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, America was shimmering with the stirrings of social agitation.

  • The last to take the runway was a shimmering gold, high-low gown with two elbow length cuffs, a thick choker, and heeled mules.

  • “Oh my god,” she says suddenly looking down at the gold Hebrew necklace shimmering in view on her visible upper half.

  • It was just two weeks ago, a little more, that this was going to be a day of shimmering triumph.

  • Rosemary shook her head doubtfully, and her falling hair of pale, shimmering gold waved like a wheat-field shaken by a breeze.

  • A gentle breeze stirred the air and the surface of the lakes lay shimmering in the soft autumnal light.

  • The shimmering surface of the river near the boat was broken up into ripples surrounding a black object.

  • Um-ko sat motionless against the silver fusuma, an ivory image, crowned and robed in shimmering gray.

  • He stepped forward now, and gripped him with his dusty glove by the sleeve of his shimmering bridegroom's coat.