Sunlight on moving water: countless tiny points of light flashing on and off, lively rather than steady.
陽光照在水面上，無數個小亮點忽明忽滅地閃動——不是一整片穩定的光，而是許多細小的光點在跳。這個「一點一點、跳動不停」的質感是整個字的關鍵：它跟 shining（穩穩地亮）不一樣，sparkling 永遠帶著細碎和活潑。後來這個畫面被借去講三種東西：乾淨到會反光的表面、飲料裡不斷冒起的小氣泡、以及一個人身上那種靈動的機智——三者共通的都是「無數細小的東西活潑地跳動著」。
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sparklingadj/ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/
- 1
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
- "Methinks 't were sweet once more to see Our native forest shade, And the wild streamlet leaping free Along the sparkling glade,...
- 2
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
- 3
Brilliant and vivacious.
- The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
- While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
sparklingnoun/ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/
- 1
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- 2
A sparkling wine.
- Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- sparkle
- sparkling water
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。