Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #21462
shimmer
微光；闪烁的亮光
核心释义
a faint, wavering light or gleam
- 1.
微弱或朦胧且颤抖的光亮或闪光。
A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
- 2.
一种薄型电子设备,安装于读卡器(如自动取款机或销售点终端)内部,作为芯片密码技术卡上的芯片与机器芯片读取器之间的中间接口,以允许克隆芯片。
A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip.
- 3.
微光
a weak and tremulous light
- 4.
对特定音高随时间变化的响度不规则性的度量。
A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.
（银行卡）读卡器盗录装置；（声音）响度波动度；响度变化量；微弱或朦胧且颤抖的光亮或闪光。；一种薄型电子设备,安装于读卡器(如自动取款机或销售点终端)内部,作为芯片密码技术卡上的芯片与机器芯片读取器之间的中间接口,以允许克隆芯片。；微光
用法In use
The shimmer of the moonlight on the lake was breathtaking.
用法提示：名词"shimmer"表示微光，作主语。
The diamond's shimmer caught everyone's attention.
用法提示：名词"shimmer"表示闪光，与所有格搭配。
A faint shimmer of light appeared on the horizon.
用法提示：名词"shimmer"表示闪烁的光，与介词短语搭配。
the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
the shimmer of [noun]
表示某物的闪烁或微光。
The shimmer of the moonlight on the lake was beautiful.
月光在湖面上的闪烁很美。
a shimmer of [noun]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- heat shimmer
- 热浪引起的微光闪烁
- Heat shimmer made the highway look wet.热浪闪烁让公路看起来像是湿的。
- a shimmer of light
- 一缕微光；微弱的闪光
- A shimmer of light appeared through the fog.一缕微光透过雾气出现。
- ATM shimmer
- ATM机盗录装置
- The police found an ATM shimmer inside the machine.警方在机器内发现了一个ATM机盗录装置。
- voice shimmer
- 嗓音响度波动（临床语音分析指标）
- The clinic tracks voice shimmer as a measure of vocal strain.该诊所将嗓音响度波动作为衡量声带劳损的一项指标。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：夏日湖面被风拂过，细碎的光点微微颤动——shimmer 就是这种抖动的微光。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学描写、景物描写 指微弱、闪烁的光亮时，这个名词比较常见于书面或文学性描述，多用来写水面、灯光或金属表面的闪光；整体语域为中性偏正式，不算口语化。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words below end in -immer and rhyme with shimmer: glimmer, simmer, dimmer, swimmer, slimmer, trimmer (/ɪmɚ/). Beware lookalikes that sound different: shaman /ˈʃeɪmən/ and schemer /ˈskiːmɚ/ do not rhyme with shimmer.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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