glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra. => glitz
glitter (v.)
c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
glitter (n.)
c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.
实用例句
1. Gary Glitter, 48, revealed the secret of his youthful looks.
48岁的加里·格利特透露了他青春永驻的秘密。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.
用些圆形小金属片或发光小亮片装饰这件女式短上衣。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.
这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. She was blinded by the glitter and the glamour of her own life.
她被自己的生活中表面上的光鲜与奢华所蒙蔽。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Beneath its surface glitter, the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.
