Tra từ twinkle - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- he had a sparkle in his eye
- there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes
• Syn:
sparkle, spark, light
• Derivationally related forms:
twinkly, sparkly (for: sparkle), sparkle (for: sparkle)
• Hypernyms:
vitality, verve, expression, look, aspect,
facial expression, face
2. a rapid change in brightness;
a brief spark or flash
• Syn:
scintillation, sparkling
• Derivationally related forms:
sparkle (for: sparkling), scintillate (for: scintillation)
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification

II - verb

1. gleam or glow intermittently (Freq. 1)
- The lights were flashing
• Syn:
flash, blink, wink, winkle
• Derivationally related forms:
twinkler, blinker (for: blink), flash (for: flash), flasher (for: flash)
• Hypernyms:
radiate
• Hyponyms:
flicker, flick
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Lights twinkle on the horizon
- The horizon is twinkleing with lights
2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
• Syn:
winkle, scintillate
• Derivationally related forms:
scintillant (for: scintillate), scintillation (for: scintillate), scintilla (for: scintillate), twinkler
• Topics:
celestial body, heavenly body
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Group:
scintillate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The coins twinkle