transcription, транскрипция: [ spɑ:(r)k(ə)l ]
( sparkles, sparkling, sparkled)
1.
If something sparkles , it is clear and bright and shines with a lot of very small points of light.
The jewels on her fingers sparkled...
His bright eyes sparkled.
...the sparkling blue waters of the ocean.
= glitter
VERB : V , V , V-ing
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Sparkle is also a noun.
...the sparkle of coloured glass.
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2.
Sparkles are small points of light caused by light reflecting off a clear bright surface.
...sparkles of light...
There was a sparkle in her eye that could not be hidden.
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3.
Someone who sparkles is lively, intelligent, and witty.
She sparkles, and has as much zest as a person half her age...
VERB : V [ approval ]
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Sparkle is also a noun.
There was little sparkle in their performance.
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• spar‧kling
He is sparkling and versatile in front of the camera.
ADJ
4.
see also sparkling