Shimmer (change)*** Glisten (sleek or wet)

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to shine with 

or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam (情感的閃現) 

faintly.  



2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.  



–noun

3. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam. 

4. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.  



—Synonyms 

1. glimmer. See glisten.



glimmer (少許), 

gleam, 

glitter. Glisten, shimmer, sparkle refer to different ways in which light is reflected from surfaces. 





Glisten refers to a lustrous light, as from something 



1. sleek or wet, or it may refer to myriads of 

2. tiny gleam reflected from small surfaces: 



[Wet] fur glistens. 

[Snow] glistens in the sunlight. 





Shimmer refers to the changing play of light on a (generally moving) surface, as of water or silk: 



Moonbeams shimmer on [water]. 

[Silk] shimmers in a high light. 





To sparkle is to give off sparks or small 



1. ignited particles, or to send forth 

2. small but brilliant gleams, sometimes by reflection: 



A [diamond] sparkles with numerous points of light.





　

The locations include a laundry list of celebrated spots in the city and environs (Gaudi creations, the Miro Museum, the old amusement park, et al.), 



all of which shimmer [with] summer luster 



through the lens of cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe ("Talk to Her," "The Others"). A soundtrack of local music adds [to] the vibrating sexiness.





infiltrate 

exude

She exuded [from every pore] an [air] of prosperity. 

He exuded pomposity.

and one that exudes [wonder] from first frame to last.   

Beleaguer