shimmer
/ˈʃɪm.ɚ/ verbe C2En français : chatoyer
- To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
- Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.
He/she/it shimmers · Prétérit shimmered · Participe passé shimmered · Forme en -ing shimmering
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- shimmer
- He/she/it
- shimmers
- Prétérit
- shimmered
- Participe passé
- shimmered
- Forme en -ing
- shimmering
Dans la bibliothèque
Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.
Marilla knew too little about precious stones to realize how fine the amethysts actually were; but she thought them very beautiful and was always pleasantly conscious of their violet shimmer at her throat, above her good brown satin dress, even although she could not see it.
Afar in the southwest was the great shimmering, pearl-like sparkle of an evening star in a sky that was pale golden and ethereal rose over gleaming white spaces and dark glens of spruce.
She was a lithe, dark-eyed woman in a wonderful gown of shimmering gray stuff like woven moonbeams, with gems on her neck and in her dark hair.
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