glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra. => glitz
glitter (v.)
c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
glitter (n.)
c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.
例文
1. Gary Glitter ，48，revealed the secret of his youthful looks.
48歳のゲイリー?グリットは、彼の青春が永遠に続く秘密を明らかにした。
2.Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter .
このブラウスを円形の小さな金属片や発光する小さなスパンコールで装飾します。
3.The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decocorations.
この子はクリスマスツリーに輝く飾りに惹かれた.
4.She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.
彼女は自分の生活の中の表面の光と贅沢に覆われている。
5.Benath its surface glitter ，the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.