来自拉丁语 scintilla,火花，火星，-illa,小词后缀，来自 PIE*skai,闪耀，闪烁，照耀，词源同 shine,sheen,shimmer.引申词义微量，一点点等。

1. There is not a scintilla of truth in what she says.

她的话没有半句可信。

2. He says there is "not a scintilla of evidence" to link him to any controversy.

他说“没有丝毫证据”能将他跟任何争议联系在一起。

3. Not a scintilla of evidence to prove it.

没有一点儿证据可以证实此事.

4. There's not a scintilla of evidence.

毫无证据.

5. Novelty ignites scintilla admittedly easily, novelty always also is the prelude of the distance.

新奇固然轻易点燃火花, 新奇也总是距离的前奏.