| 单词 | gleam |
| 释义 | gleam —gleamingly, adv. —gleamless, adj. /gleem/, n. 1. a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark. 2. a dim or subdued light. 3. a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; trace: a gleam of hope. v.i. 4. to send forth a gleam or gleams. 5. to appear suddenly and clearly like a flash of light. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME glem(e), OE glaem; c. OHG gleimo glowworm; akin to OS glimo brightness; (v.) ME, deriv. of the n. See GLIMMER, GLIMPSE] Syn. 1. GLEAM, GLIMMER, BEAM, RAY are terms for a stream of light. GLEAM denotes a not very brilliant, intermittent or nondirectional stream of light. GLIMMER indicates a nondirectional light that is feeble and unsteady: a faint glimmer of moonlight. BEAM usually means a directional, and therefore smaller, stream: the beam from a searchlight. RAY usually implies a still smaller amount of light than a beam, a single line of light: a ray through a pinprick in a window shade. 4. shine, glimmer, flash, glitter, sparkle, beam. |
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