| 单词 | gleam |
| 释义 | gleam (once / 171 pages) nv A gleam is a bright flash of light. If you were lost on a dark, stormy night, you'd be hugely relieved to see the gleam of a roadside diner's sign up ahead. Use the verb gleam when something is shining as if it were wet or glinting with light. Your new toothpaste might make your teeth so white that they gleam. You can also describe an emotion that appears briefly as a gleam, like a gleam of hope. And as you hatch a plan to toilet-paper the neighbor's yard, mischief might gleam in your eyes. WORD FAMILYgleam: gleamed, gleaming, gleams+/gleaming: gleamingly, gleamings USAGE EXAMPLESGleaming with rain, it rose up snarling, as if struggling to escape the earth. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Here is a men’s clothing shop and art gallery in a small space with gleaming light wood floors. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The screen showed gleaming golden bubbles of fat that were surprisingly beautiful. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a flash of light (especially reflected light) Syn|Hyper gleaming, glimmer flash a sudden intense burst of radiant energy 2n an appearance of reflected light Syn|Hyper gleaming, glow, lambency effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light 3v shine brightly, like a star or a light Syn|Hyper glimmer radiate cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays 4v be shiny, as if wet Syn|Hypo|Hyper glint, glisten, glitter, shine spangle glitter as if covered with spangles shimmergive off a shimmering reflection, as of silk appear, look, seem give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect 5v appear briefly A terrible thought gleamed in her mind Hyper appear, come along come into being or existence, or appear on the scene |
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