glint

verb

/ɡlɪnt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they glint	/ɡlɪnt/ /ɡlɪnt/
he / she / it glints	/ɡlɪnts/ /ɡlɪnts/
past simple glinted	/ˈɡlɪntɪd/ /ˈɡlɪntɪd/
past participle glinted	/ˈɡlɪntɪd/ /ˈɡlɪntɪd/
-ing form glinting	/ˈɡlɪntɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɪntɪŋ/

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to produce small bright flashes of light闪光；闪亮
- The sea glinted in the moonlight.月色中海面上波光粼粼。
- The sun glinted on the windows.太阳照在窗户上闪闪发光。
Synonyms shine
shine
- gleam
- glow
- sparkle
- glisten
- shimmer
- glitter
- twinkle
- glint
These words all mean to produce or reflect light.
- shine to produce or reflect light, especially brightly:
  The sun was shining and the sky was blue.阳光灿烂，天空一片蓝。
- gleam to shine with a clear bright or pale light, especially a reflected light:
  Moonlight gleamed on the water.月光照在水面上泛起粼粼波光。
- glow (often of something hot or warm) to produce a steady light that is not very bright:
  The end of his cigarette glowed red.他的烟头发着微弱的红光。
- sparkle to shine brightly with small flashes of light:
  The diamonds sparkled in the light.钻石在灯光下闪闪发亮。
- glisten (of something wet) to shine:
  The road glistened wet after the rain.雨后的道路润泽闪亮。
- shimmer to shine with a soft light that seems to shake slightly:
  Everything seemed to shimmer in the heat.在高温下所有的东西都好像在闪光。
- glitter to shine brightly with small flashes of reflected light:
  The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold.大教堂的天花板金光闪闪。
sparkle or glitter?用 sparkle 还是 glitter？There is very little difference in meaning between these two words. Glitter can sometimes suggest a lack of depth, but this is more frequent in the figurative use of glitter as a noun: the superficial glitter of show business. Sparkle is also often used to talk about light reflected off a surface, but things that produce light can also sparkle: Stars sparkled in the sky.
- twinkle to shine with a light that changes rapidly from bright to faint to bright again:
  Stars twinkled in the sky.星星在天空中闪烁。
- glint to give small bright flashes of reflected light:
  The blade of the knife glinted in the darkness.刀刃在黑暗中亮了亮。
Patterns
- to shine/gleam/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint on something
- to shine/gleam/glow/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/twinkle/glint with something
- to shine/gleam/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint in the sunlight
- to shine/gleam/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint in the moonlight
- the stars shine/sparkle/glitter/twinkle
- somebody’s eyes shine/gleam/glow/sparkle/glisten/glitter/twinkle/glint
- to shine/gleam/glow/glitter brightly
- to shine/gleam/glow/shimmer softly
- A flash of a blade glinted in the darkness.黑暗中刀刃闪亮了一下。
- Her glasses were glinting in the firelight.在炉火的亮光映照下她的眼镜微微发光。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. if a person’s eyes glint with a particular emotion, or an emotion glints in a person’s eyes, the person shows that emotion, which is usually a strong one（眼睛）流露出（强烈情感）；（强烈情感在眼中）闪现
- Her eyes glinted angrily.她眼睛里闪射着愤怒的目光。
- Hostility glinted in his eyes.他眼睛里流露出敌意。
- Her eyes glinted with amusement.她眼里闪烁着笑意。
- Amusement glinted in his eyes.他的眼睛闪烁着愉悦的神色。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- angrily
preposition
- with

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly or obliquely’): variant of dialect glent, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect glänta, glinta ‘to slip, slide, gleam’.

glint

noun

/ɡlɪnt/

a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface闪光；闪亮
- the glint of the sun on the water太阳照在水上的闪光
- golden glints in her red hair她的红发上闪着的金光
- She saw a glint of silver in the grass.她看到草地上银光闪亮。
- Among the trees I caught a glint of blue.透过树缝，我看到一抹蓝光。
- He saw the glint of a knife and froze.看见刀光，他呆住了。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- metallic
verb + glint
- catch
- see
preposition
- glint of
an expression in somebody’s eyes showing a particular emotion, often a negative one（眼睛里某种感情，常指负面感情的）闪现
- He had a wicked glint in his eye.他眼睛里闪着邪恶的神色。
- a glint of anger愤怒的目光
- He had a dangerous glint in his eyes.他眼露凶光。
- There was a glint of amusement in her eyes.她眼里闪烁着笑意。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dangerous
- determined
- mischievous
- …
verb + glint
- have
glint + verb
- appear in somebody’s eye/eyes
- come into somebody’s eye/eyes
preposition
- glint in
- glint of