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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

微光

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wēi guāng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glimmer/ˈɡlɪm.ər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"星星的微光在云层中几乎不可见。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A faint or wavering light.

    "The glimmer of the stars was barely visible through the clouds."
As verb
  1. 1

    To shine faintly or intermittently.

    "The candle began to glimmer as the wind picked up."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English glimeren, related to Old English glimrian, meaning to shine faintly or intermittently. It shares a common Germanic root with the word gleam, reflecting a long historical development associated with weak or wavering light.

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