scintilla
A tiny trace or amount
一丝;一点点
A hammer strikes hot iron. For a heartbeat, a shower of sparks leaps into the dark, and each one is gone almost before you see it.
锤子砸在烧红的铁上。一瞬间,一串火花跃入黑暗,每一颗都在你看清之前就消失了。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
In Latin, scintilla simply meant spark.
在拉丁语里,scintilla 的意思就是“火花”。
It also gave us scintillate, to sparkle, and, through old French, the word tinsel.
英语里的 scintillate(闪烁),还有经过古法语演变而来的 tinsel(亮片),都源自它。
In English, a scintilla is the tiniest trace of something. Just a spark's worth.
在英语里,scintilla 指某样东西极其微小的一点,只有一颗火花那么多。
In a sentence用法
There wasn't a scintilla of doubt in her voice.
她的声音里,没有一丝一毫的犹豫。
Every fire starts with something this small. Never underestimate a spark.
每一团火,都是从这么小的一点开始的。永远别小看一颗火花。
Full transcript完整字幕
A hammer strikes hot iron. For a heartbeat, a shower of sparks leaps into the dark, and each one is gone almost before you see it.
That spark has a name.
Scintilla.
In Latin, scintilla simply meant spark.
It also gave us scintillate, to sparkle, and, through old French, the word tinsel.
In English, a scintilla is the tiniest trace of something. Just a spark's worth.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
There wasn't a scintilla of doubt in her voice.
Your turn. Say it with me: Scintilla.
Every fire starts with something this small.
Never underestimate a spark.
锤子砸在烧红的铁上。一瞬间,一串火花跃入黑暗,每一颗都在你看清之前就消失了。
这颗火花,有它自己的名字。
Scintilla,一丝,一点点。
在拉丁语里,scintilla 的意思就是“火花”。
英语里的 scintillate(闪烁),还有经过古法语演变而来的 tinsel(亮片),都源自它。
在英语里,scintilla 指某样东西极其微小的一点,只有一颗火花那么多。
放进句子里,是这样的:
她的声音里,没有一丝一毫的犹豫。
轮到你了,跟我一起说:scintilla。
每一团火,都是从这么小的一点开始的。
永远别小看一颗火花。