Scintillate

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–verb (used without object) 1. to emit sparks.

2. to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with [brilliance]. 

3. to twinkle, as the stars.

4. Electronics. (of a spot of light or image on a radar display) to shift rapidly around a mean position.

5. Physics. 

a. (of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave) to fluctuate in a random manner.

b. (of an energetic photon or particle) to produce a flash of light in a phosphor by striking it. 



photon

【物】光子

phosphor

【物】磷光體,磷光劑

 

–verb (used with object) 

6. to emit as sparks; flash forth.





　

In Liliana Cavani’s scintillating drama, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her ex-torturer/lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as a night porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, The Night Porter deftly examines the cruelty and decadence of Nazi culture.





bicker

to flicker, glitter

The [sun] bickered through the trees.

shimmer

flicker, changing play of light

Moonbeams shimmer on [water]. 

[Silk] shimmers in a high light. 

glisten

sleek or wet

[Wet] fur glistens.

[Snow] glistens in the sunlight. 

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