mindmap root((闪光)) flash implies a sudden and transient burst of bright light: lightning ~. gleam suggests a steady light seen through an obsuring medium or against a dark background: the lights of the town ~ed in the valley below. glance suggests a bright darting light reflected from a moving surface: sunlight ~d off the hull of the boat. glint implies a quickly glancing or gleaming light: steel bars ~ed in the moonlight. sparkle suggests innumerable moving points of bright light: the ~ing waters of the gulf. glitter connotes a brilliant sparkling or gleaming: ~ing diamonds. glisten applies to the soft, persistent sparkle from or as if from a wet or oily surface: rain-drenched sidewalks ~ed under the street lamps. glimmer suggests a faint, obscured, or wavering gleam: a lone light ~ed in the distance. shimmer implies a soft tremulous gleaming or a blurred reflection: a ~ing satin dress.