資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling
   light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly,
   glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See
   {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.]
   To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly;
   to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
   glimmering lamp.

         The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.

   Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.