dazzle, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glisten, glister, glow, beam, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink
以上单词都有"发光"的意思，在实际运用中有的相互间差别很大，有的很难区分。本文拟浅议以上"发光"词的准确用法。
1. dazzle: If a very bright light dazzles you, it stops you from eing properly for a short time. 例：a deer dazzled by the headlights
Dazzle是春联怎么分上下联truth"刺眼、晃眼"的意思，特别当光线照得人短时间看不清物体时使用，与下文其他的公有制为主体"刺眼"选手颇有区别。
2. flash: to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something shine in this way; If a light flashes or if you flash a light, it shines with a sudden bright light, especially as quick, regular flashes of light. 例：感悟中国Lightning flashed overhead.
Flash是快速地发出强光，意为"闪光"，是闪光一族的普通意义，后文还有多个闪光词汇。
3. flicker: to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly; If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily. 例：The overhead lights flickered momentarily.
Flicker也是闪光，但是与flash闪得不同。Flash是闪出强光，闪一下马上消失，再接着闪出强光，比如打雷之前的闪电就是典型的flash；flicker也是"闪光门"高手，可是它只能闪出不太强的光，并且极不稳定，闪光时忽明忽暗，译为"闪烁、摇曳"，这个词很浪漫，总令人想到Casablanca中迷人的汽车旅馆和那
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4. glare: to shine with a very strong bright light which hurts your eyes; If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at; 例：The sun glared down on us.
这是发出非常耀眼的光芒，让眼睛产生不适，且不适效果大大高于dazzle，有可能出现较长时间的失明。比如氧焊时，如果不戴眼罩看了那种强烈的白光后，好一会儿看不见东西，那就是一种glaring light, 比dazzlinglight历害多了。
5. gleam: to shine softly [= glimmer]; If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light becau it is shiny and clean. 例：His teeth gleamed under his moustache；Blue-white moonlight gleamed through the window, throwing the shadows of the bars across the floor. 淡蓝色的月光透过窗户照进房来，窗条的影子斜斜地映在地板上。Gleam是"发出微光"，其微弱程度与下文要提及的glimmer相同，似乎在写作中二者完全可以互换使用，不过“柯林斯”字典告诉我们，glimmer的光有点unsteady，类似于flicker。gleam是稳定的光线，不会晃动。
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6. glimmer: If something glimmers, it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light; to shine with a light that is not very bright [= gleam]: a weak, glimmering light
朗文字典认为glimmer等于gleam，但是柯林斯和牛津皆认为glimmer含有unsteady之意，是to shine with a faint unsteady light，因此一定要与gleam区别开来。glimmer与flicker相近，也有“光线晃动”之意，但是没有flicker那么"摇曳"得历害：
腊八节A beam of gleaming light 一道微弱的光线
A beam of glimmering light 一束昏暗、摇曳的光线
关于她的记忆7. glint: if a shiny surface glints, it gives out small flashes of light [= sparkle]; If something glints, it produces or reflects a quick flash of light. (WRITTEN);
= glisten; to produce small bright flashes of light: 例：The a glinted in the moonlight；The sun glinted on the windows；The gold rims of his spectacles glinted in the sun.
该词使用场景描述：一群孩子在草丛中玩耍时，突然一个小孩惊叫起来，"看呀，前边草丛里有东西在发亮"。众人走近一看，原来是一只银戒指；夏日某夜，有淡淡的月光，四周万籁俱寂，我心事重重，独自来到沙滩上，看着黑黝黝的海水，听着潮涨潮落出神。月亮渐升渐高，月入中天之时，月光不如先前一样昏暗，海面一下子亮了起来，我看见涨潮的时候，海边奔涌着浅灰色的浪花。以上两个场景是我臆想的，都适用glint这个词。
8. glitter: to shine brightly with flashing points of light [= sparkle]；to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond SYN sparkle 例：The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold；The river glittered in the sunlight.
Glitter一听就比glint, gleam, glimmer等感觉要好，“阳气”要大得多，是积极的、明亮的，正大光明的。其发光比较亮丽，常用于阳光照射下物体反光
9. glisten: to shine and look wet or oily; If something glistens, it shines, usually becau it is wet or oily 例：Her eyes were glistening with tears； Sweat glistened on his forehead.；The road glistened wet after the rain；The boy's back was glistening with sweat；glistening black hair
这个词非常浪漫，非常美，往往与水、油等有关。发出的光令人感觉到湿漉漉的或者油亮油亮的。第1个例句非常棒，女孩珠泪莹然，楚楚动人的样子。此处glistened with tears就是那种"闪着眼泪花的感觉"；后句"他的额头渗出了汗珠"，下一句是"雨后路面湿得发亮"。想像一下，夏天雨过天晴之后，柏油路在阳光下湿湿的，亮亮的，空气是如此清新，真想在路上小跑一阵，贪婪地呼吸泥土和草地醉人的芬芳。
老黄牛简笔画10. glister: (literary) to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond SYN glitter
这是一个文气词，常用在文学作品中，与glitter一样，都是指"闪着明亮的光"。
11. glow: to produce or reflect a soft steady light [= shine]；(especially of sth hot or warm) to
produce a dull, steady light: 例：The fireplace was still glowing with the remains of last night's fire；The red tip of his cigarette was glowing in the dark；The strap has a fluorescent coating that glows in the dark.
Glow是指发出或者反射出一种柔和的光，一般都有强烈或者微弱的热量发出，例句中烟头在暗处发出的光，壁炉中燃烧的火发出的光，背包肩带上涂有荧光粉，在黑暗中发出的光，都是用glow。
12. beam: to nd out a line of light, heat, energy etc; to produce a stream of light and/or heat 例：The morning sun beamed down on us； Light beamed through a hole in the curtain；The sun beamed through the clouds.
这个词只当发光讲，没有任何限制或者修饰意义，是最普通的发光。
13. shimmer: to shine with a soft light that looks as if it shakes slightly; to shine with a soft light that ems to move slightly 例：The a was shimmering in the sunlight; The lake shimmered in the moonlight.
