Gleam,Glimmer,Glint,Glitter,Shimmer等词的辨析

1、Flash, Flicker, Gleam, Glimmer, Glint, Glitter, Glisten,Glister, Glow, Shimmer, Sparkle, Twinkle 及其它同类词的辨析1. dazzle: If a very bright light dazzles you, it stops you from seeing properly for a short time.例：a deer dazzled by the headlightsDazzle是"刺眼、晃眼”的意思，特别当光线照得人短时间看不清物体时使用，与下文其他的"刺眼”选手颇有

2、区别。2. flash: to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something shine in this way; If a light flashes or if you flash a light, it shines with a sudden bright light, especially as quick, regular flashes of light.例：Lightning flashed overhead.Flash是快速地发出强光，意为“闪光"，是闪光一族的普通意义，后文还有

3、多个闪光词汇。3. flicker: to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly; If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily.例：The overhead lights flickered momentarily.Flicker也是闪光，但是与flash闪得不同。Flash是闪出强光，闪一下马上消失，再接着闪出强光，比如打雷之前的闪电就是典型的flash； flicker也是"闪光门"高手，可是它只能闪出不 太强的光，并且

4、极不稳定，闪光时忽明忽暗，译为"闪烁、摇曳",这个词很浪漫，总令人想到Casablanca中迷人的汽车旅馆和那 对恋人一起试过的那个long, hot summer's night.4. glare: to shine with a very strong bright light which hurts your eyes; If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at;例：The sun glared down on u

5、s.这个已经不是闪光门弟子了，这是发出非常耀眼的光芒，让眼睛产生不适，且不适效果大大高于dazzle,有可能出现较长时间的失明。比如氧焊时，如果不戴眼罩看了那种强烈的白光后， 好一会儿看不见东西，那就是一种 glaring light,比dazzling light历害多了。5. gleam: to shine softly = glimmer; If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.例：His teeth gleamed under his moustache ;Bl

6、ue-white moonlight gleamed through the window, throwing the shadows of the bars across the floor.淡蓝色的月光透过窗户照进房来，窗条的影子斜斜地映在地板上Gleam是“发出微光"，其微弱程度与下文要提及的glimmer相同，似乎在写作中二者完全可以互换使用，不过柯林斯”字典告诉我们，glimmer 的光有点 unsteady , 类似于 flicker o gleam是稳定的光线，不会晃动。6. glimmer: If something glimmers, it produces or

7、reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light; to shine with a light that is not very bright = gleam: a weak, glimmering light朗文字典认为glimmer等于gleam，但是柯林斯和牛津皆认为glimmer 含有 unsteady 之意，是 to shine with a faintunsteady light , 因此一定要与 gleam 区别开来。glimmer 与flicker相近，也有光线晃动”之意，但是没有flicker那么"摇曳"得历害：

8、A beam of gleaming light一道微弱的光线A beam of glimmering light 一束昏暗、摇曳的光线7. glint: if a shiny surface glints, it gives out small flashes of light = sparkle; If something glints, it produces or reflects a quick flash of light. (WRITTEN);=glisten; to produce small bright flashes of light:例:The sea glinted

9、in the moonlight ; The sun glinted on the windows ; The gold rims of his spectacles glinted in the sun.该词使用场景描述：一群孩子在草丛中玩耍时，突然一个小 孩惊叫起来，"看呀，前边草丛里有东西在发亮"。众人走近一看, 原来是一只银戒指；夏日某夜，有淡淡的月光，四周万籁俱寂， 我心事重重，独自来到沙滩上，看着黑黝黝的海水，听着潮涨潮 落出神。月亮渐升渐高，月入中天之时，月光不如先前一样昏暗， 海面一下子亮了起来，我看见涨潮的时候，海边奔涌着浅灰色的 浪花。以上两个场景是我臆

10、想的，都适用 glint这个词。Glint的关 键点是"闪（泛）着微光"，并且光线在变幻，我想到了李莫愁的 "冰魄银针"在阳光下发出幽蓝幽蓝的光芒，煞是疹人，这就是 glinting的光；小龙女的"玉蜂针"一定不是这种光，而是一种明 亮得多的光，可用glowing或者glittering。突发奇想，glint是 否有消极、否定之意呢？比如李莫愁是坏人，她的暗器就发 glinting的光，而小龙女是好人，并且这么多人喜爱她，因此她 的暗器就不会发出glinting的光。呵呵，这纯属子虚乌有，又是 我胡思乱想罢了。8. glitter:

11、to shine brightly with flashing points of light = sparkle ; to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond SYN sparkle例：The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold ; The river glittered in the sunlight.Glitter 一听就比 glint, gleam, glimmer 等感觉要好，阳气'要大得多，是积极的、明亮的，正大光明的。具发光比较亮丽，常

12、用于阳光照射下物体反光9. glisten: to shine and look wet or oily; If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily例：Her eyes were glistening with tears ;Sweat glistened on his forehead. ; The road glistened wetafter the rain ; The boy's back was glistening with sweat ; glistening black ha

13、ir这个词非常浪漫，非常美，往往与水、油等有关。发出的光令人感觉到湿漉漉的或者油亮油亮的。第 1个例句非常棒，女孩珠泪莹然，楚楚动人的样子真的令英雄魂断，还有美女出浴之后，头发湿湿的，在灯光下就是glistening的感觉，这也令男人意乱情迷。此处glistened with tears就是那种"闪着眼泪花的感觉"；后句"他的额头渗出了汗珠"，下一句是“雨后路面湿得发亮"。想 像一下，夏天雨过天晴之后，柏油路在阳光下湿湿的，亮亮的， 空气是如此清新，真想在路上小跑一阵，贪婪地呼吸泥土和草地 醉人的芬芳。10. glister: (literar

14、y) to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond SYN glitter这是一个文气词，常用在文学作品中，与 glitter一样，都是指"闪着明亮的光"。11. glow: to produce or reflect a soft steady light = shine ; (especially of sth hot or warm) to produce a dull, steady light:例：The fireplace was still glowing with the rem

15、ains of last night'sfire; The red tip of his cigarette was glowing in the dark ; The strap has a fluorescent coating that glows in the dark.Glow是指发出或者反射出一种柔和的光，一般都有强烈或者微弱的热量发出，例句中烟头在暗处发出的光，壁炉中燃烧的火 发出的光，背包肩带上涂有荧光粉，在黑暗中发出的光，都是用 glow。12. beam: to send out a line of light, heat, energy etc; to produ

16、ce a stream of light and/or heat例：The morning sun beamed down on us ; Light beamed through a hole inthe curtain ; The sun beamed through the clouds.这个词只当发光讲，没有任何限制或者修饰意义，是最普通的发光。13. shimmer: to shine with a soft light that looks as if it shakes slightly; to shine with a soft light that seems to move

17、 slightly例：The sea was shimmering in the sunlight; The lake shimmered in the moonlight.这个词超级浪漫，具浪漫程度与 glisten有过之而无不及。它特指在光线的照耀下物体感觉在轻微晃动，如：月光下湖面平 滑如镜，微风吹过，湖面荡起一阵涟漪，远远望去，整个湖水都 在月光中摇曳起来，这就是shimmering的效果，多么迷人啊，真 想躺在天鹅绒一样光滑的湖面上，跟着月光一起摇动，然后进入 梦乡。14. shine: to produce bright light; to produce or reflect l

18、ight; to be bright:例：The sun shone brightly in a cloudless sky ; The dark polished wood shone like glass ; The sun was shining ; The moon shonebrightly inthe sky.这个词有时可与beam换用，但beam还可指发热、传导能量、 无线电波等，而shine永远只能是发光，并且多为比较明亮的光。15. sparkle: to shine in small bright flashes; toshine brightly with small f

19、lashes of light ; If somethingsparkles, it is clear and bright and shines with a lot of very small points of light.例：sparkling eyes ; Her jewellery sparkled in the candle light ;The sea sparkled in the sun ； The crystal chandelier sparkled.这是"发火花，闪耀"之意，特指星星点点的闪光，比如春节放烟火时，夜空中盛开的各式烟火图案就可以称作sparklingfireworks patterns ,区别于 glow, glitter 等，特指"数量多"。16. twinkle: if a star or light twinkles, it shines in the dark with an unsteady light; to shine with a light that keeps changing from bright to faint to bright agai