English-Thai Dictionary

scintillate

VI เกิด ประกายไฟ  เป็นประกาย ไฟ  เป็นประกาย ระยิบระยับ  sparkle koed-pra-kai-fai

 

scintillate

VI เป็นประกาย  ระยิบระยับ  แพรวพราว  gilmmer glitter twinkle pen-pra-kai-fai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCINTILLATE

v.i.[L. scintillo. This word seems to be a diminutive formed on the Teutonic scinan, Eng. to shine. ] 1. To emit sparks or fine igneous particles.
Marbles do not scintillate with steel.
2. to sparkle, as the fixed stars.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCINTILLATE

Scin "til *late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scintillated; p. pr. & vb. n.Scintillating. ] Etym: [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. Stencil. ]

 

1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scintillate

scin til late |ˈsin (t )lˌāt ˈsɪntleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] emit flashes of light; sparkle. • Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a photon or charged particle. DERIVATIVES scin til lant |-ənt |adjective & noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin scintillat- ‘sparkled, ’ from the verb scintillare, from scintilla ‘spark. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

scintillate

scintillate |ˈsɪntɪleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] emit flashes of light; sparkle. • Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or photon. DERIVATIVES scintillant adjective & noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin scintillat- ‘sparkled ’, from the verb scintillare, from scintilla ‘spark ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scintillate

scintillate verb the brilliant stones scintillated in the sunlight: sparkle, shine, gleam, glitter, flash, shimmer, twinkle, glint, glisten, wink, blink; literary glister; rare coruscate, fulgurate, effulge, luminesce, phosphoresce, incandesce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scintillate

scin til late /sɪ́nt (ə )lèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 火花を発する ; きらめく .2 才気がきらめく .