twinkle
verb /ˈtwɪŋkl/
/ˈtwɪŋkl/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they twinkle | /ˈtwɪŋkl/ /ˈtwɪŋkl/ |
he / she / it twinkles | /ˈtwɪŋklz/ /ˈtwɪŋklz/ |
past simple twinkled | /ˈtwɪŋkld/ /ˈtwɪŋkld/ |
past participle twinkled | /ˈtwɪŋkld/ /ˈtwɪŋkld/ |
-ing form twinkling | /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to shine with a light that keeps changing from bright to pale to bright again
闪耀;闪烁 - Stars twinkled in the sky.
星星在天空中闪烁。 - twinkling lights in the distance
远处闪耀的点点灯光
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
- Stars twinkled in the sky.
- [intransitive] if your eyes twinkle, you have a bright expression because you are happy or excited
(眼睛因高兴或兴奋)闪光,发亮 - twinkling blue eyes
闪闪发亮的蓝眼睛 - twinkle with something Her eyes twinkled with merriment.
她高兴得双眸闪闪发亮。 - twinkle at somebody His mother twinkled at him over her teacup.
他母亲在茶杯上向他眨眼睛。
- Her eyes twinkled with mischief.
她眼睛里闪烁着调皮的光辉。 - His dark eyes twinkled merrily at her.
他的黑眼睛愉快地看着她。
- twinkling blue eyes
词源Old English twinclian (verb), of Germanic origin.