名詞 glimmer:

1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
   同義詞：gleam, gleaming
2. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
   同義詞：inkling, intimation, glimmering

動詞 glimmer:

1. shine brightly, like a star or a light
   同義詞：gleam

1. There midnight's all a glimmer and noon (is) a purple glow.
   那兒午夜浮光微搖，中午紫光爭耀。
2. The sky was pink with the first glimmer of the dawn.
   天空因第一絲曙光而呈淡紅色。
3. From the cottage window a few lamps were glimmering in the distance.
   遠(yuǎn)處的農(nóng)舍窗戶閃爍著幾盞微弱的燈。
4. He showed no glimmer of interest in what you had offered.
   他對你給他的東西沒流露出一絲興趣。

glim.mer

n.（名詞）
A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light.
微光，閃光：暗淡或微弱的閃光，柔和的閃光
A faint manifestation or indication; a trace:
跡象：模糊的提示，暗示；跡象：
例句：
a glimmer of understanding.
隱隱約約明白

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
glim.mered,glim.mer.ing,glim.mers
To emit a dim or intermittent light.See Synonyms at flash
發(fā)出微光：發(fā)出暗淡或柔和的光參見 flash
To appear faintly or indistinctly:
隱約出現(xiàn)、閃現(xiàn)：
例句：
Hope still glimmered in our minds.
我們腦中仍有一些希望

來源：
Middle English glimeren * see ghel- 2
中古英語 glimeren *參見 ghel- 2