Tra từ glint - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

glint [glint glints glinted glinting] verb, noun BrE [ɡlɪnt] NAmE [ɡlɪnt]
verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to produce small bright flashes of light
•The sea glinted in the moonlight.
•The sun glinted on the windows.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. if a person's eyes glint with a particular emotion, or an emotion glints in a person's eyes, the person shows that emotion, which is usually a strong one
•Her eyes glinted angrily.
•Hostility glinted in his eyes.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly or obliquely’): variant of dialect glent, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect glänta, glinta ‘to slip, slide, gleam’.

Synonyms:
shine
gleam • glow • sparkle • glisten • shimmer • glitter • twinkle • glint
These words all mean to produce or reflect light.
shine • to produce or reflect light, especially brightly: ▪ The sun was shining and the sky was blue.
gleam • to shine with a clear bright or pale light, especially a reflected light: ▪ Moonlight gleamed on the water.
glow • (often of sth hot or warm) to produce a dull steady light: ▪ The end of his cigarette glowed red.
sparkle • to shine brightly with small flashes of light: ▪ The diamonds sparkled in the light.
glisten • (of sth wet) to shine: ▪ The road glistened wet after the rain.
shimmer • to shine with a soft light that seems to shake slightly: ▪ Everything seemed to shimmer in the heat.
glitter • to shine brightly with small flashes of reflected light: ▪ The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold.
sparkle or glitter?
There is very little difference in meaning between these two words. Glitter can sometimes suggest a lack of depth, but this is more frequent in the figurative use of glitter as a noun: ▪ the superficial glitter of show business. Sparkle is also often used to talk about light reflected off a surface, but things that produce light can also sparkle: ▪ Stars sparkled in the sky.
twinkle • to shine with a light that changes rapidly from bright to faint to bright again: ▪ Stars twinkled in the sky.
glint • to give small bright flashes of reflected light: ▪ The blade of the knife glinted in the darkness.
to shine/gleam/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint on sth
to shine/gleam/glow/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/twinkle/glint with sth
to shine/gleam/sparkle/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint in the sunlight
to shine/gleam/glisten/shimmer/glitter/glint in the moonlight
the stars shine/sparkle/glitter/twinkle
sb's eyes shine/gleam/glow/sparkle/glisten/glitter/twinkle/glint
to shine/gleam/glow/glitter brightly
to shine/gleam/glow/shimmer softly

Example Bank:
•Her eyes glinted with amusement.
•His eyes glinted angrily.
•A flash of a blade glinted in the darkness.
•Amusement glinted in his eyes.
•Her glasses were glinting in the firelight.

noun
1. a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface
•the glint of the sun on the water
•golden glints in her red hair
•She saw a glint of silver in the grass.
2. an expression in sb's eyes showing a particular emotion, often a negative one
•He had a wicked glint in his eye.
•a glint of anger

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly or obliquely’): variant of dialect glent, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect glänta, glinta ‘to slip, slide, gleam’.

Example Bank:
•Among the trees I caught a glint of blue.
•He had a dangerous glint in his eyes.
•There was a glint of amusement in her eyes.
•He saw the glint of a knife and froze.