辨析英語中各種“發(fā)光詞”

1、辨析：英語各種發(fā)光詞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，特別當(dāng)光線照得人短時間看不清物體時使用，與下文其他的"刺眼"選手頗有區(qū)別。2. flash: to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something sh

2、ine in this way; If a light flashes or if you flash a light, it shines with a sudden bright light, especially as quick, regular flashes of light. 例：Lightning flashed overhead. Flash是快速地發(fā)出強光，意為"閃光"，是閃光一族的普通意義，后文還有多個閃光詞匯。3. flicker: to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and of

3、f quickly; If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily. 例：The overhead lights flickered momentarily. Flicker也是閃光，但是與flash閃得不同。Flash是閃出強光，閃一下馬上消失，再接著閃出強光，比如打雷之前的閃電就是典型的flash；flicker也是"閃光門"高手，可是它只能閃出不太強的光，并且極不穩(wěn)定，閃光時忽明忽暗，譯為"閃爍、搖曳"，這個詞很浪漫，總令人想到Casablanca中迷人的汽車旅館和那對戀人一起試過的那個lon

4、g, hot summer's night.4. glare: to shine with a very strong bright light which hurts your eyes; If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at; 例：The sun glared down on us. 這個已經(jīng)不是閃光門弟子了，這是發(fā)出非常耀眼的光芒，讓眼睛產(chǎn)生不適，且不適效果大大高于dazzle，有可能出現(xiàn)較長時間的失明。比如氧焊時，如果不戴眼罩看

5、了那種強烈的白光后，好一會兒看不見東西，那就是一種glaring light, 比dazzling light歷害多了。5. gleam: to shine softly = glimmer; If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean. 例：His teeth gleamed under his moustache；Blue-white moonlight gleamed through the window, throwing the shadows of the bar

6、s across the floor. 淡藍色的月光透過窗戶照進房來，窗條的影子斜斜地映在地板上。 Gleam是"發(fā)出微光"，其微弱程度與下文要提及的glimmer相同，似乎在寫作中二者完全可以互換使用，不過“柯林斯”字典告訴我們，glimmer的光有點unsteady，類似于flicker。gleam是穩(wěn)定的光線，不會晃動。6. glimmer: If something glimmers, it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light; to shine with a light that i

7、s not very bright = gleam: a weak, glimmering light 朗文字典認(rèn)為glimmer等于gleam，但是柯林斯和牛津皆認(rèn)為glimmer含有unsteady之意，是to shine with a faint unsteady light，因此一定要與gleam區(qū)別開來。glimmer與flicker相近，也有“光線晃動”之意，但是沒有flicker那么"搖曳"得歷害：A beam of gleaming light 一道微弱的光線A beam of glimmering light 一束昏暗、搖曳的光線7. glint: if

8、a shiny surface glints, it gives out small flashes of light = sparkle; If something glints, it produces or reflects a quick flash of light. (WRITTEN); = glisten; to produce small bright flashes of light: 例：The sea glinted in the moonlight；The sun glinted on the windows；The gold rims of his spectacle

9、s glinted in the sun. 該詞使用場景描述：一群孩子在草叢中玩耍時，突然一個小孩驚叫起來，"看呀，前邊草叢里有東西在發(fā)亮"。眾人走近一看，原來是一只銀戒指；夏日某夜，有淡淡的月光，四周萬籟俱寂，我心事重重，獨自來到沙灘上，看著黑黝黝的海水，聽著潮漲潮落出神。月亮漸升漸高，月入中天之時，月光不如先前一樣昏暗，海面一下子亮了起來，我看見漲潮的時候，海邊奔涌著淺灰色的浪花。 以上兩個場景是我臆想的，都適用glint這個詞。Glint的關(guān)鍵點是"閃（泛）著微光"，并且光線在變幻，我想到了李莫愁的"冰魄銀針"在陽光下發(fā)出幽藍幽

10、藍的光芒，煞是瘆人，這就是glinting的光；小龍女的"玉蜂針"一定不是這種光，而是一種明亮得多的光，可用glowing或者glittering。 8. glitter: to shine brightly with flashing points of light = sparkle；to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond；SYN sparkle 例：The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold；The river glittered

11、 in the sunlight. Glitter一聽就比glint, gleam, glimmer等感覺要好，“陽氣”要大得多，是積極的、明亮的，正大光明的。其發(fā)光比較亮麗，常用于陽光照射下物體反光9. glisten: to shine and look wet or oily; If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily 例：Her eyes were glistening with tears； Sweat glistened on his forehead.The road glistened

12、 wet after the rainThe boy's back was glistening with sweat； 這個詞非常浪漫，非常美，往往與水、油等有關(guān)。發(fā)出的光令人感覺到濕漉漉的或者油亮油亮的。第1個例句非常棒，女孩珠淚瑩然，楚楚動人的樣子真的令英雄魂斷，還有美女出浴之后，頭發(fā)濕濕的，在燈光下就是glistening的感覺，這也令男人意亂情迷。此處glistened with tears就是那種"閃著眼淚花的感覺"；后句"他的額頭滲出了汗珠"，下一句是"雨后路面濕得發(fā)亮"。想象一下，夏天雨過天晴之后，柏油路在陽光

13、下濕濕的，亮亮的，空氣是如此清新，真想在路上小跑一陣，貪婪地呼吸泥土和草地醉人的芬芳。10. glister: (literary) to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond；SYN glitter 這是一個文氣詞，常用在文學(xué)作品中，與glitter一樣，都是指"閃著明亮的光"。11. glow: to produce or reflect a soft steady light = shine；(especially of sth hot or warm) toproduce a dull

14、, steady light: 例：The fireplace was still glowing with the remains of last night's fire.The red tip of his cigarette was glowing in the dark.The strap has a fluorescent coating that glows in the dark. Glow是指發(fā)出或者反射出一種柔和的光，一般都有強烈或者微弱的熱量發(fā)出，例句中煙頭在暗處發(fā)出的光，壁爐中燃燒的火發(fā)出的光，背包肩帶上涂有熒光粉，在黑暗中發(fā)出的光，都是用glow。12. be

15、am: to send out a line of light, heat, energy etc; to produce a stream of light and/or heat 例：The morning sun beamed down on us. Light beamed through a hole in the curtain.The sun beamed through the clouds. 這個詞只當(dāng)發(fā)光講，沒有任何限制或者修飾意義，是最普通的發(fā)光。13. shimmer: to shine with a soft light that looks as if it sha

16、kes slightly; to shine with a soft light that seems to move slightly 例：The sea was shimmering in the sunlight.The lake shimmered in the moonlight. 這個詞超級浪漫，其浪漫程度與glisten有過之而無不及。它特指在光線的照耀下物體感覺在輕微晃動，如：月光下湖面平滑如鏡，微風(fēng)吹過，湖面蕩起一陣漣漪，遠遠望去，整個湖水都在月光中搖曳起來，這就是shimmering的效果，多么迷人啊，真想躺在天鵝絨一樣光滑的湖面上，跟著月光一起搖動，然后進入夢鄉(xiāng)。14.

17、shine: to produce bright light; to produce or reflect light; to be bright: 例：The sun shone brightly in a cloudless sky.The dark polished wood shone like glass.The sun was shining；The moon shone brightly in the sky. 這個詞有時可與beam換用，但beam還可指發(fā)熱、傳導(dǎo)能量、無線電波等，而shine永遠只能是發(fā)光，并且多為比較明亮的光。15. sparkle: to shine in

18、 small bright flashes; to shine brightly with small flashes of light；If something sparkles, it is clear and bright and shines with a lot of very small points of light.例：sparkling eyes；Her jewellery sparkled in the candle light.The sea sparkled in the sun.The crystal chandelier sparkled. 這是"發(fā)火花, 閃耀"之意，特指星星點點的閃光，比如春節(jié)放煙火時，夜空中盛開的各式煙火圖案就可以稱作sparkling fireworks patterns，區(qū)別于glow, glitter等，特指"數(shù)量多"。16. twinkle: if