shimmer

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a weak and tremulous light
- the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
- the play of light on the water
• Syn:
play
• Derivationally related forms:
play (for: play), shimmery
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification

II - verb

1. shine with a weak or fitful light
- Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Lights shimmer on the horizon
- The horizon is shimmering with lights
2. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
• Hypernyms:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s