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BNC: 8798 COCA: 11492

glittering

glittering /ˈglɪtɚrɪŋ/ adjective
glittering
/ˈglɪtɚrɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of GLITTERING
[more glittering; most glittering]
: shining brightly闪光的;闪耀的
: very attractive or appealing in a fancy or exciting way艳丽夺目的;盛大的
chiefly British : very successful or impressive极其成功的;辉煌的
BNC: 8798 COCA: 11492

glittering

adjective

glit·​ter·​ing ˈgli-tə-riŋ How to pronounce glittering (audio)
1
a
: shining with many bright points of light
Every few days a little glittering aeroplane appeared in the sky among the clouds and the circling hawks. Doris Lessing
And where the water had been trickling over and spurting through the dam there was now a glittering wall of icicles … C. S. Lewis
b
: shining with strong emotion
… after being misdirected almost consistently, she goes out in glory, with glittering eyes and a lewd smile. Pauline Kael
2
: brilliantly or showily impressive : dazzling
a glittering career
… the company today caters a glittering array of premiere social and corporate galas, from Poughkeepsie to Palm Beach. Robert Masello
also : superficially attractive or exciting
… they left behind the glittering social life of Orlando … Douglas Frantz et al.
glitteringly adverb
His libretto is very bare, a skeleton of short, clear phrases on to which he has grafted slivers of music glitteringly alive thanks to his fine ear for sound. Richard Fairman

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of glittering was in the 14th century
BNC: 8798 COCA: 11492

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