1SIGN/INDICATIONa small sign of something such as hope or understanding 〔希望等的〕微弱迹象,一丝
glimmer of
a glimmer of hope for the future
对未来的一丝希望
2LIGHTa light that is not very bright 微弱的光SYN gleam
glimmer of
the first glimmer of dawn
第一道熹微的晨光
Examples from the Corpus
glimmer• Yet, relations with Washington are on an extremely sound basis and there is a glimmer of improvement with Seoul.• There is a glimmer of a smile.• Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride.• A glimmer of lightning lit the window again, and the thunder could be heard, distant and muted.• He looked across the sea: a faintglimmer of pale light was rising in the midnight-blue sky.• The latticework of branchesrevealsglimmers of a fading sky.• From time to time the passages opened out into caverns, some so gigantic that the glimmer from the two spears was lost in them.• the glimmer of a candle
glimmer of hope• Eventually came a glimmer of hope.• But there has lately come a glimmer of hope.• The last two verses give a glimmer of hope.• There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon.• Still, he is impressive as the surly, enigmaticintellectual who offers Jane a glimmer of hope for a better life.• And Felton's miscue off Neil Smith offered them a glimmer of hope.• By the time Dilley went for 56 there was a tinyglimmer of hope.
glimmer2 verb [intransitiveI]
SHINEto shine with a light that is not very bright 发出微光SYN gleam
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤faint, tiny微弱的光;微光◇In the east we could see the first faint glimmer of dawn.我們可以看到東方的第一縷曙光。◇The faint glimmer of an idea had crept into his mind. (figurative) 一個想法在他的腦海中隱約閃現。PREPOSITION➤glimmer of⋯的微光