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词汇 scintillating
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Definition of scintillating in English:

scintillating

adjective ˈsɪntɪleɪtɪŋˈsɪn(t)lˌeɪdɪŋ
  • 1Sparkling or shining brightly.

    闪耀的;明亮的

    the scintillating sun

    明亮的太阳。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The background is a solid turquoise blue and creates a scintillating color scheme of migraine-inducing proportions thanks to bright yellow and neon-orange typefaces.
    • The scintillating sun was already starting to descend and it was starting to get cold, giving my arms goose bumps.
    • Some of these approximate perfect round beads, creating scintillating effects in deflecting light rays.
    • The 700-plus islands that make up the Bahamas are set in a sea of scintillating turquoise, where the sand runs the gamut from bleached white through rich ivory to pale blush pink.
    • Representational elements were gradually submerged in scintillating patterns of colour.
    • There are few experiences in the world as wonderful as floating on a scintillating blue sea gazing down at orange-and white striped clownfish sailing sedately over a bed of purple sea urchins.
    • Nestling on the end of a silvery pendant lay a brilliant shifting and shimmering stone of the deepest blue imaginable, shining with scintillating azure starfire.
    • The settings are splendid, sparkling, stunning and scintillating.
    • The weather was turning cooler but the sun was still scintillating enough to warm my skin.
    • In the predawn hours, the sand just barely shimmered, giving each single grain the appearance of a crystal hidden beneath a barely transparent layer of white powder, blending to create the scintillating beach.
    • I looked up at the blazing sun and the scintillating blue sky to see an old rusty sign.
    • Cuisine and culture found its finest expression at the famed soirées of Versailles, a vision of ornate carriages, gossamer fabrics and scintillating jewels.
    • It was her, walking by the ocean, the bright shining sun outlined her scintillating body.
    Synonyms
    sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, coruscating, flashing, shimmering, shimmery
    rare scintillant
  • 2Brilliantly and excitingly clever or skilful.

    绝顶聪明的;高超的

    the audience loved his scintillating wit

    听众喜爱他的聪明才智。

    the team produced a scintillating second-half performance

    球队下半场的表演灵光闪现。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each utterance was more scintillating than the last.
    • That's all it takes to bring you this scintillating hour.
    • Likewise, the musical accompaniment shall no doubt be equally scintillating and substantial.
    • Making a life insurance narrative scintillating as well as informative is, at the very least, a challenge, yet this author succeeds extraordinarily well on both scores.
    • His chapter on Paris art focuses almost exclusively on economics, resulting in what must be one of the least scintillating treatments of the Impressionists ever written.
    • He carries around a great vat of nervous energy that makes him at least as wearying as he is scintillating company.
    • These people are hanging on my every word because I am scintillating, and because listening to me is an Improving Experience for them.
    • Her colours, particularly in Romantic and French Impressionistic repertoire, were quite scintillating.
    • As in so much of his work, he just can't resist adding that extra scintillating layer of life.
    • For example, the idea of not having to look back on your decision to go into your program of choice with regret or uncertainty seems appealing when faced with a lack of scintillating job prospects.
    • Still, if she did not shower these particular scintillating adjectives on her flapper-self, her life proclaimed them.
    • It is a creation of his old age but the scintillating youthful spirit with which it sparkles inclines one to believe that the grand old man was reliving his lost youth through this romantic rhapsody of a story.
    • You may think that a particular combination of people will lead to much scintillating conversation, but you've got about a 50% chance of people hating each other at first sight for no reason at all.
    • Few image-makers have portrayed the texture and seduction of our overlit technological landscape with such scintillating imaginative power.
    • It is a familiar experience that the conversation of people under any form of intoxication, though scintillating to them, is less so to any observer not also under the influence.
    • Science with Mr Long, I can officially report, is most certainly NOT one of the most scintillating experiences you will ever encounter.
    • His trip back to Peru is emotionally scintillating, as are his reflections on the passage of time and the vagaries of memory.
    • Regardless of the choreography, staging, costumes, lighting and music that are woven together to create the most scintillating renderings of the moving human form, one fact still remains.
    • During a scintillating career stretching over 30 years, he played the lead in many memorable movies, some of which became classics of cinema.
    • We had a C & W band, a square dancing group and a club of Texas line dancers who gave us scintillating demonstration with volunteers from the audience taking lessons and having a ball in both the line dancing and squares.
    Synonyms
    brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating
    vivacious, sparkling, coruscating, effervescent, lively, vibrant, animated, ebullient, bright
    witty, clever

Derivatives

  • scintillatingly

  • adverb
    • She was expected to smile gracefully, look scintillatingly beautiful, glitter and glow for each of those three days and nights.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some of the recollections are bland while others are scintillatingly naughty.
      • Her speech is at once ominous and scintillatingly seductive.
      • Those who are fans of great barnstorming piano works will most definitely warm to this disc which is expertly annotated and scintillatingly interpreted from first note to last.
      • Not to get too far off-topic, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that any boring and/or trivial old rubbish can be made scintillatingly interesting by exposure to the fierce force of the critic's personality.

Definition of scintillating in US English:

scintillating

adjectiveˈsin(t)lˌādiNGˈsɪn(t)lˌeɪdɪŋ
  • 1Sparkling or shining brightly.

    闪耀的;明亮的

    the scintillating sun

    明亮的太阳。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cuisine and culture found its finest expression at the famed soirées of Versailles, a vision of ornate carriages, gossamer fabrics and scintillating jewels.
    • Some of these approximate perfect round beads, creating scintillating effects in deflecting light rays.
    • The scintillating sun was already starting to descend and it was starting to get cold, giving my arms goose bumps.
    • The weather was turning cooler but the sun was still scintillating enough to warm my skin.
    • Representational elements were gradually submerged in scintillating patterns of colour.
    • It was her, walking by the ocean, the bright shining sun outlined her scintillating body.
    • The 700-plus islands that make up the Bahamas are set in a sea of scintillating turquoise, where the sand runs the gamut from bleached white through rich ivory to pale blush pink.
    • I looked up at the blazing sun and the scintillating blue sky to see an old rusty sign.
    • The settings are splendid, sparkling, stunning and scintillating.
    • There are few experiences in the world as wonderful as floating on a scintillating blue sea gazing down at orange-and white striped clownfish sailing sedately over a bed of purple sea urchins.
    • In the predawn hours, the sand just barely shimmered, giving each single grain the appearance of a crystal hidden beneath a barely transparent layer of white powder, blending to create the scintillating beach.
    • The background is a solid turquoise blue and creates a scintillating color scheme of migraine-inducing proportions thanks to bright yellow and neon-orange typefaces.
    • Nestling on the end of a silvery pendant lay a brilliant shifting and shimmering stone of the deepest blue imaginable, shining with scintillating azure starfire.
    Synonyms
    sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, coruscating, flashing, shimmering, shimmery
    1. 1.1 Brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.
      绝顶聪明的;高超的
      the audience loved his scintillating wit

      听众喜爱他的聪明才智。

      the team produced a scintillating second-half performance

      球队下半场的表演灵光闪现。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Still, if she did not shower these particular scintillating adjectives on her flapper-self, her life proclaimed them.
      • As in so much of his work, he just can't resist adding that extra scintillating layer of life.
      • During a scintillating career stretching over 30 years, he played the lead in many memorable movies, some of which became classics of cinema.
      • It is a familiar experience that the conversation of people under any form of intoxication, though scintillating to them, is less so to any observer not also under the influence.
      • Each utterance was more scintillating than the last.
      • His trip back to Peru is emotionally scintillating, as are his reflections on the passage of time and the vagaries of memory.
      • That's all it takes to bring you this scintillating hour.
      • It is a creation of his old age but the scintillating youthful spirit with which it sparkles inclines one to believe that the grand old man was reliving his lost youth through this romantic rhapsody of a story.
      • These people are hanging on my every word because I am scintillating, and because listening to me is an Improving Experience for them.
      • His chapter on Paris art focuses almost exclusively on economics, resulting in what must be one of the least scintillating treatments of the Impressionists ever written.
      • Likewise, the musical accompaniment shall no doubt be equally scintillating and substantial.
      • He carries around a great vat of nervous energy that makes him at least as wearying as he is scintillating company.
      • Her colours, particularly in Romantic and French Impressionistic repertoire, were quite scintillating.
      • Few image-makers have portrayed the texture and seduction of our overlit technological landscape with such scintillating imaginative power.
      • We had a C & W band, a square dancing group and a club of Texas line dancers who gave us scintillating demonstration with volunteers from the audience taking lessons and having a ball in both the line dancing and squares.
      • Science with Mr Long, I can officially report, is most certainly NOT one of the most scintillating experiences you will ever encounter.
      • Regardless of the choreography, staging, costumes, lighting and music that are woven together to create the most scintillating renderings of the moving human form, one fact still remains.
      • You may think that a particular combination of people will lead to much scintillating conversation, but you've got about a 50% chance of people hating each other at first sight for no reason at all.
      • For example, the idea of not having to look back on your decision to go into your program of choice with regret or uncertainty seems appealing when faced with a lack of scintillating job prospects.
      • Making a life insurance narrative scintillating as well as informative is, at the very least, a challenge, yet this author succeeds extraordinarily well on both scores.
      Synonyms
      brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating
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