glitterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɡlɪtə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɡlɪtɚ/, [ˈɡlɪɾɚ]
• 韻: -ɪtə(ɹ)

名詞

glitter (countable and uncountable, plural glitters)

1. A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 57.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:

     As yet there had been no symptom of the news having any better foundation than in the fears of those who brought it, but The Boot had not been deserted five minutes, when there appeared, coming across the fields, a body of men who, it was easy to see, by the glitter of their arms and ornaments in the sun, and by their orderly and regular mode of advancing.

   • 1913, Mary Averill, Japanese flower arrangement, Chapter 20:

     This to them seems most like mother earth in color, and therefore best, as it is, to enhance the beauty of flowers instead of detracting from their exquisite shades. What a contrast to the glitter and show of our silver vases, which represent generally little else but their cost.

2. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
3. (figurative) Glitz.

派生語

派生した語

• → Portuguese: glitter
• → Spanish: glitter

動詞

glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered)

1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.

   a glittering sword

   the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.

2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.

   the glittering scenes of a court

派生語