sth scintillates
不及物动词，主语多为星星、宝石、灯光等自身发光或反光的物体。
The stars scintillated in the clear night sky.
星星在晴朗的夜空中闪烁。
闪烁；闪光；闪闪发光
scintillates — third person singular of scintillate
使眼花缭乱；令人赞叹；给人留下深刻印象；（磷光体等）受电离辐射时发出闪光；发出火花；像发出火花般闪耀；闪烁或发光；星星或其他天体:亮度快速变化；闪烁；尤其是磷光体:吸收电离辐射后发出闪光
to give off sparks or shine with a flickering light; (of a star or other celestial body) to twinkle
发出火花；像发出火花般闪耀；闪烁或发光
To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
星星或其他天体:亮度快速变化；闪烁
Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
尤其是磷光体:吸收电离辐射后发出闪光
Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.
令人眼花缭乱或印象深刻
To dazzle or to impress.
一般现在时
The stars scintillate in the night sky.
星星在夜空中闪耀。
一般过去时
The lights scintillated during the performance.
表演期间灯光闪烁。
规则动词，意为发出火花或闪耀。
The stars scintillate brightly in the night sky.
星星在夜空中明亮地闪烁。
用法提示：scintillate 作谓语，表示星星发出闪烁光芒。
The diamond scintillated under the bright light.
钻石在强光下闪闪发光。
用法提示：scintillated 是过去式，描述钻石因反射光线而闪耀。
The fireworks scintillate as they explode.
烟花爆炸时火花四溅。
用法提示：scintillate 描述烟花爆炸时发出火花。
不及物动词，主语多为星星、宝石、灯光等自身发光或反光的物体。
The stars scintillated in the clear night sky.
星星在晴朗的夜空中闪烁。
常接wit、humour等抽象名词，形容言谈或作品才华横溢、妙趣横生。
Her writing scintillates with wit and irony.
她的文笔闪耀着机智与讽刺。
专业语境中指磷光体吸收电离辐射后发出闪光，常见于物理或材料类文本。
The phosphor scintillates when exposed to ionizing radiation.
这种磷光体受到电离辐射时会发出闪光。
grammar · medium
易错句子The diamond scintillate brightly under the lamp.
正确表达The diamond scintillates brightly under the lamp.
主语 The diamond 是第三人称单数，一般现在时的动词必须加 -s，写成 scintillates；scintillate 是动词原形，不能直接跟在单数主语之后。
grammar · medium
易错句子The stars are scintillate in the night sky.
正确表达The stars are scintillating in the night sky.
be 动词后面不能接动词原形；此处需要现在分词 scintillating 作表语，表示正在闪烁的状态，而 scintillate 原形只能用于一般现在时或不定式结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子The fireworks were scintilating over the lake.
正确表达The fireworks were scintillating over the lake.
scintillate 的重音落在最后一个音节 -late 上，构成 -ing 形式时要双写词尾的 l，写作 scintillating，单写一个 l 属于拼写错误。
sparkle 强调明亮、欢快而密集地闪光，是日常最常用的说法，可指眼睛、钻石、气泡水等；scintillate 更书面、更技术化，多用于星光快速明暗变化或磷光体受辐射发闪，口语中几乎不用。
twinkle 专指星光或灯光平稳地明暗交替，口语常用；表示星星闪烁时，scintillate 是它的书面／技术同义说法，但 scintillate 还另有“令人赞叹”和受辐射发闪的专业含义。
scintilla 是名词，指极少的量，常见于 not a scintilla of evidence 一类搭配；scintillate 是动词，指发光、闪烁。两者只是词形相近，词性和意思都不同，不能互相替换。
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