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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

闪烁 [shǎnshuò]
  1. 1. verb [忽明忽暗] twinkle
    星星闪烁着。
    The stars were twinkling.
  2. 2. verb [吞吞吐吐] speak evasively

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

闪烁 [shǎnshuò]
  1. 1. twinkle; glimmer; glisten; flash; flicker; gleam; glitter; blink; wink
    这个电脑的显示屏闪烁得太厉害，质量不太好。
    她的眼睛里闪烁着喜悦的泪花。
    Her eyes glistened with tears of joy.
  2. 2. evasive; vague; noncommittal; glint
    对我的问题，他总是闪烁其词不作正面回答。
    他闪闪烁烁，不做肯定的答复。
    He hummed and hawed, giving no definite reply. or He was evasive and noncommittal.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

闪烁 [shǎnshuò]
  1. 1. 动 亮光忽明忽暗,晃动不定
    救护车上的标灯闪烁不停。
  2. 2. 动 比喻(说话)吞吞吐吐,躲躲闪闪
    闪烁其词。
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Examples

闪烁计数器
scintillation counter → 计数器
她眼里闪烁着喜悦的泪花。
Her eyes glistened with tears of joy. → 泪花
她的眼睛里闪烁着喜悦的泪花。
Her eyes glistened with tears of joy. → 闪烁
夜空中闪烁着疏疏朗朗的几点星光。
A few scattered stars were twinkling in the night sky. → 疏朗
一个星光闪烁的夜晚
one starlit night → 星光
闪烁
twinkle; glimmer; glisten → 烁
波浪起伏的海面闪烁着太阳金色的余晖。 → 波浪
数不清的星星在天空闪烁着。 → 清
这个电脑的显示屏闪烁得太厉害，质量不太好。 → 闪烁
对我的问题，他总是闪烁其词不作正面回答。 → 闪烁
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Collocations

灯光闪烁
gleaming light
闪烁的星星
twinkling stars
满天闪烁
to twinkle in the sky
不停闪烁
to flash unceasingly
闪烁不定
gleaming
闪烁着光芒
glistening
言辞闪烁
evasive words
闪烁其词
evasive and equivocal

Word Decomposition

闪
[shǎn] 		+ 烁
[shuò]

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