glisten
verb /ˈɡlɪsn/
/ˈɡlɪsn/
[intransitive]动词形式
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they glisten | /ˈɡlɪsn/ /ˈɡlɪsn/ |
he / she / it glistens | /ˈɡlɪsnz/ /ˈɡlɪsnz/ |
past simple glistened | /ˈɡlɪsnd/ /ˈɡlɪsnd/ |
past participle glistened | /ˈɡlɪsnd/ /ˈɡlɪsnd/ |
-ing form glistening | /ˈɡlɪsnɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɪsnɪŋ/ |
- (of something wet
) to shine湿物 闪光;闪亮 - Her eyes were glistening with tears.
她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。 - Sweat glistened on his forehead.
他额头上的汗珠晶莹发亮。 - + adj. The road glistened wet after the rain.
雨后的道路润泽闪亮。
Synonyms shineshine- gleam
- glow
- sparkle
- glisten
- shimmer
- glitter
- twinkle
- glint
- 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。
- The sun was shining and the sky was blue.
- 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。
- Moonlight gleamed on the water.
- 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。
- The end of his cigarette glowed red.
- 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。
- The diamonds sparkled in the light.
- glisten (of something wet) to shine:
- The road glistened wet after the rain.
雨后的道路润泽闪亮。
- The road glistened wet after the rain.
- 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。
- Everything seemed to shimmer in the heat.
- 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。
- The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold.
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.用 sparkle 还是 glitter? - 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。
- Stars twinkled in the sky.
- 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。
- The blade of the knife glinted in the darkness.
- 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
Collocations DictionaryGlisten is used with these nouns as the subject:- dew
- eye
- hair
- …
词源Old English glisnian, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German glisen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent. - Her eyes were glistening with tears.
Idioms
all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
- (saying) not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc.
闪闪发光的未必都是金子;中看未必中用