glimmer

• n.きらめき；閃光；少し
• vi.

語源はgleam、shimmerと同じ。

glimmer

glimmer: see gleam

glimmer (v.)

late 14c., "to shine brightly;" early 15c., "to shine dimly," perhaps from or related to Middle Dutch glimmen, Middle Low German glimmern, from an extended (frequentative?) form of Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English gl?m "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Compare Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering.

glimmer (n.)

1580s, "a faint, wavering light," from glimmer (v.).

1. She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth 's wings.

彼女は蛾の羽がたまに光っているのを見た。

2.He could see the glimmer of fresh paint on the woodwork.

彼は木部材に新しく塗ったペンキが光っているのを見ることができる。

3.In the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.

東方に微かな光がちらつく。

4.The uneasy alliance between these two men offered a glimmer of hope.

二人の間の確固とした連帯が人々に希望を与えている。

5.The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.

沈没した帆船は海底で白く光っていた。