glimmers

英 [ˈɡlɪməz]

美 [ˈɡlɪmərz]

n.  微弱的闪光; 闪烁的微光; 微弱的迹象; 一丝; 一线
v.  隐约地闪烁; 发出微弱的闪光
glimmer的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发微光；隐约闪烁
  If somethingglimmers, it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.
  1. The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
     月亮透过薄雾洒下微光。
  2. ...the glimmering ocean.
     波光粼粼的大海
• N-COUNT （常指闪烁的）微光
  Aglimmeris a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.
  1. In the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.
     东方闪现出一丝微光。
• N-COUNT 一丝；少许
  Aglimmer ofsomething is a faint sign of it.
  1. Despite an occasional glimmer of hope, this campaign has not produced any results...
     虽然偶尔会闪现一丝希望，但是这场宣传活动目前并无任何效果。
  2. He is celebrating his first glimmer of success.
     他正为看到一线成功的曙光而欢欣鼓舞。

双语例句

• There are some glimmers of economic hope.
  经济还是有一点希望的。
• Where many investors and analysts see dark clouds on the global economic horizon, arising from a storm in the US housing market, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development sees the glimmers of light in the form of a smooth rebalancing of the world economy.
  在许多投资者和分析师眼里，美国住宅市场的暴风雨，如乌云一般笼罩了世界经济的地平线，但经济合作与发展组织（OECD，经合组织）看到了世界经济顺利重新调整的微弱光芒。
• The first glimmers of light were beginning to appear on the horizon.
  第一丝微光开始在地平线上出现。
• You will know that the crimson and gold of maple and birch are powdered with white, and the peak to the south glimmers ghostly against a gray sky.
  你会知道，深红色、金黄色的枫树和桦树都披上了银装。南边的山峰在灰色天空的衬托下，像幽灵似地时隐时现。
• We've seen little glimmers of this before, so we know it's possible.
  我们曾在不久之前看到过一丝曙光，所以我们知道这是可能的。
• The president himself spies glimmers of hope.
  奥巴马总统自己也望见了希望的曙光。
• The glimmers of begrudging praise went to private banks.
  私人银行得到了人们的些许称赞。
• These glimmers may be snuffed out by the unprecedented tightening in credit now under way.
  然而，这一丝曙光也有可能被目前空前恶劣的信用状况扼杀。
• Faint glimmers of daylight were showing through the treetops
  微弱的日光从树梢中透出。
• Yet other data offered glimmers of hope.
  然而其它数据带来了一线希望。