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scintillate v. 放出火花;閃爍 放出火花;閃爍 scintillate v 1: give off; " the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" 2: reflect brightly; " Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" [ synonym: { sparkle}, { scintillate}, { coruscate}] 3: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; " Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [ synonym: { twinkle}, { winkle}, { scintillate}] 4: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high- energy photon; " the phosphor fluoresced" 5: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; " The musical performance sparkled"; " A scintillating conversation"; " his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" [ synonym: { sparkle}, { scintillate}, { coruscate}] Scintillate \ Scin" til* late\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Scintillating}.] [ L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. { Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. [ 1913 Webster] As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " scintillate": be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke, crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock, play on words, poke fun at, pun, quip, ridicule, scoff at, shimmer, spangle, spark, sparkle, tinsel, twinkle, utter a mot, wisecrack
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