GleamGlimmerGlintGlitterShimmer等词辨析.docx

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, itstops you from seeing properly for a short time. 例：a deer dazzled by the headlights Dazzle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区别。2. flash: to shine suddenly and brightly for a shorttime, or to make something shine in this way; If alight flashes or if you flash a light, it shines with asudden bright light, especially as quick, regularflashes 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，后文还有多个闪光词汇。3. flicker: to burn or shine with an unsteady lightthat goes on and off quickly; If a light or flameflickers, 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 summers night.4. glare: to shine with a very strong bright lightwhich hurts your eyes; If the sun or a light glares, itshines with a very bright light which is difficult tolook at; 例：The sun glared down on us. 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dazzlinglight历害多了。5. gleam: to shine softly [= glimmer]; If an object or asurface gleams, it reflects light because it is shinyand clean. 例：His teeth gleamed under his moustache；Blue-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。gleam是稳定的光线，不会晃动。6. glimmer: If something glimmers, it produces orreflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light; to shinewith 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