sparkle

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈspɑː.kəl/    /ˈspɑɹ.kəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A little spark; a scintillation. countable,uncountable
    — As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge are swaid
  2. Brilliance; luster. countable,uncountable
    — the sparkle of a diamond
  3. Liveliness; vivacity. countable,uncountable
    — the sparkle of his conversation over dinner
  4. The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles intransitive
    — The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.
  2. To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle broadly
    — The stars sparkle in the sky.
  3. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. intransitive
    — I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes.
  4. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce intransitive
    — sparkling wine
  5. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. transitive
    — That the bright glister of their beames cleare / Did sparckle forth great light, and glorious did appeare.
  6. To disperse. obsolete,transitive
  7. To scatter on or over. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

sparkles plural sparkles present,singular,third-person sparkling participle,present sparkled participle,past sparkled past sparckle alternative sparcle alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le (diminutive suffix). In some modern uses deverbal from etymology 2 below.
词源 2
From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).
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