twinkling

/'twiɳkliɳ/

Thân thiện

The stars are twinkling in the clear night sky.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Shining with a flickering or intermittent sparkling light: Describes something that emits quick, repeated flashes of light, often in a gentle or rapid manner.
   • Figuratively, sparkling or lively: Can describe something that is brilliantly lively or animated.

2. Noun:

   • A very brief moment; an instant: Refers to an extremely short period of time, often compared to the blink of an eye.
   • The act of shining with a flickering light: The phenomenon of emitting such light.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • We looked up at the twinkling stars on a clear night. (Describes stars emitting intermittent flashes of light.)
  • Her twinkling eyes showed she was amused by the joke. (Describes eyes that are lively and sparkling with amusement.)

• Noun:

  • The magician made the coin disappear in a twinkling. (Refers to an extremely short moment.)
  • I'll be back in the twinkling of an eye. (Uses a common idiom to emphasize speed.)
  • The twinkling of the distant lighthouse guided the ships. (Refers to the act of emitting flickering light.)

Advanced Usage

• "in a twinkling" / "in the twinkling of an eye": An idiom meaning "almost instantly" or "in a very short time."
  • The weekend was over in the twinkling of an eye.
• Used poetically or descriptively to convey speed, brevity, or a magical, sparkling quality.

Variants and Related Words

• Twinkle (verb): To shine with a flickering or sparkling light. (e.g., )
• Twinkly (adjective): Having a twinkling quality; sparkling. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Adjective: Sparkling, glittering, flickering, scintillating.
• Noun: Instant, flash, blink, moment, jiffy.

Related Phrases

• In a flash: Very quickly. (Similar in meaning to the noun form.)
• Before you can blink: Extremely fast.

Related Idioms

• In the twinkling of an eye: Instantly; with incredible speed.
  • The digital world changes in the twinkling of an eye.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. shining intermittently with a sparkling light
   • twinkling stars

Noun

1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
   • if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

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