1690s, "spark, glimmer," hence "least particle, trace," from figurative use of Latin scintilla "particle of fire, spark, glittering speck, atom," probably from PIE *ski-nto-, from root *skai- "to shine, to gleam" (cognates: Gothic skeinan, Old English scinan "to shine;" see shine (v.)).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. There is not a scintilla of truth in what she says.
她的話沒(méi)有半句可信。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. He says there is "not a scintilla of evidence" to link him to any controversy.