英和和英

語源

From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
• 韻: -ɪmə(ɹ)

名詞

glimmer (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 glimmers)

1. A faint light; a dim glow.

   The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

2. A flash of light.
3. A faint or remote possibility.

   a glimmer of hope

4. (dated, uncountable) Mica.

同意語

• (flash of light): sparkle, shimmer

派生語

動詞

glimmer (三人称単数 現在形 glimmers, 現在分詞 glimmering, 過去形および過去分詞形 glimmered)

1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

   the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

同意語

• (shine with faint unsteady light): flicker, shimmer, twinkle