| 单词 | gleam |
| 释义 | gleam I. 1. a. obsolete b. < through the swirling fog they glimpsed the gleam of the white sand beach > < the silvery gleam of trout in the brook > < the gleam of the far-off lanterns > or that is slowly changing (as from faintness to greater intensity) < the gleam of dawn in the east > or that has a merely relative brightness (as by contrast with a dark background) < the gleam of many lights reflected in the dark waters of the river > : a transient brightness < she read the closely written sheets by the last gleam of daylight — Ellen Glasgow > or a shifting play of subdued diffused reflected light < the rich gleam of the polished mahogany > c. (1) < the quick gleam of a match > : a pinpoint of light : glint < the gleam of anticipation in his eye > (2) < a gleam of sunlight fell on the page he was reading > < the gleam of helmets in the sun > 2. < a gleam of hope > < the gleam of gratitude in the eyes of an old man — H.M.Lydenberg > < a gleam of understanding in the prisoner's face — C.S.Forester > : a faint trace < there are perhaps gleams of truth in it here and there — G.B.Shaw > < a gleam of resemblance between the two > II. intransitive verb 1. < the sun gleamed on the water — Robert Keable > < the firelight is gleaming and flashing from the polished brass — Osbert Lancaster > : send out gleams < a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall — Charles Dickens > : become lighted up with gleams < his eye gleaming at the sight of the two women — Louis Bromfield > 2. < amusement gleamed swiftly at her from the boy's eyes — Harriet La Barre > < a light gleamed suddenly in the night > transitive verb < his monocle gleamed polite hostility — Christopher Isherwood > |
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