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glimmer ['glɪmɚ]

n. 一丝光线, 微光, 少许

vi. 发微光

He showed no glimmer of interest in what you had offered.
他对你给他的东西没流露出一丝兴趣。
From the cottage window a few lamps were glimmering in the distance.
远处的农舍窗户闪烁着几盏微弱的灯。
The sky was pink with the first glimmer of the dawn.
天空因第一丝曙光而呈淡红色。

glimmer

[ noun ]

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

<noun.event>

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

<noun.cognition>

he had no inkling what was about to happen

[ verb ]

shine brightly, like a star or a light

<verb.perception>

gleam

Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling
light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly,
glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See
{Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.]
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly;
to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
glimmering lamp.

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.

Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.

Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n.
1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light;
also, a gleam.

Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson.

2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward.

{Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.

Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]
(Min.)
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very
thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in
composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to
green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,
the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called
{isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and
{glimmer}.

Note: The important species of the mica group are:
{muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or
green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also
called {hydromica} and {muscovy glass}); {biotite},
iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black;
{lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite},
magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite},
lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
※ Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite)
is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and
mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks;
{phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.

{Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but
containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.

{Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of
mica.

{Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock,
consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some
feldspar.

The interim dividend is maintained at 2.25p. COMMENT Times remain tough for Ellis & Everard and, despite a glimmer of hope in the US, it is difficult to see much recovery flowing through to the results until well into next financial year.
The sole glimmer of hope was a forecast from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders that an extra 70,000 cars would be sold this year after his Budget package to help the car industry. These measures were somewhat grudgingly received.
Up to the midnight hour, federal mediators were holding out a glimmer of hope that Eastern Airlines might settle with its Machinists union, but in the end a 17-month deadlock remained unstuck.
But James Freund, acting chief economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision, offered a glimmer of hope for this year, pointing out that the bulk of the losses occurred at institutions either taken over by the government or targeted for takeover.
The development offers a glimmer of hope for America's dim balance-of-trade picture.
The year 1988 has brought a glimmer of hope in this area of our common concerns as well.
This gives us a glimmer of hope."
If, at that time, she had been in a program testing a drug such as HP029, I know we would have been frustrated as Ms. McDonald was when the FDA removed the only glimmer of hope for these patients.
I have quoted this letter because there is still the glimmer of humour which Kenneth tried to retain when talking among his friends, saving his desolation for the diary.
"If you saw a glimmer of hope from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, from Congress, from the Public Utilities Commission, the bondholders would feel much more comfortable.
But a report by A. Foster Higgins & Co., an employee-benefits consulting firm, suggests there may be a glimmer of hope.
British Airways decided to withdraw services to Ireland in January 1991 because of losses. One glimmer of hope is if the government drops the 'Shannon stop-over' obligation on all transatlantic flights in and out of Ireland.
The brightest glimmer of hope for AMC in recent years occurred in 1983, when its Alliance model, designed by Renault, struck a chord with buyers and was named Motor Trend magazine car of the year.
But Mr. Monga and his colleagues offer a glimmer of hope.
As he shimmies to the beat of a marimba, gold chains on his chest glimmer beneath the stage lights.
When the Rome government announced 2 1/2 months ago steps to reform Italy's health and pensions systems in the 1995 budget there appeared a glimmer of hope that the country's fortunes might be on the mend.
Nasar seems happier citing other's work in a detailed literature review than developing original thought. There is a glimmer of original research in a survey of auditors and company directors towards the end.
In addition, there was a glimmer of hope that problems in asset quality are moderating.
At the refugee center, the Kostajnica residents, Serb and Croat alike, chase after every glimmer of hope.
Only at the very end, when from jail she decides to fight to free herself, does a glimmer of the power the film might have had come through.
Yesterday, sales reports from the nation's major chain stores showed a glimmer of improvement in August from July but remained weak compared with last year.
I always have a glimmer of what the next one will be."
The glimmer of rebound that some had seen shining in recent economic data hasn't just faded, it has been abruptly snuffed out as though the economy has plunged into a black hole."
"I suspect that glimmer of black ink in our deficit-plagued world is, in itself, adequate reason for passage of this bill," he said.
Throughout the spring, investors in British Aerospace seemed prepared to look beyond the company's immediate problems towards the faint but emerging glimmer of a profitable medium-term future.
However, Jim Poirier, a National Weather Service meteorologist, offered a glimmer of hope.
Though it is too early to say that Miller has succeeded in regaining its momentum, there is a glimmer of a turnaround.
One glimmer of hope lies in multifamily development; 42% of the executives polled listed it as the most attractive property because existing supply is expected to be swallowed up by demand in a comparatively short time.

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