gleam

英 [gli?m] 美[ɡlim]
  • n. 微光；閃光；瞬息的一現(xiàn)
  • vi. 閃爍；隱約地閃現(xiàn)
  • vt. 使閃爍；使發(fā)微光
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE中低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復數(shù):?gleams;第三人稱單數(shù):?gleams;過去式:?gleamed;過去分詞:?gleamed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?gleaming;

助記提示

1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.
2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".
3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.

gleam微光,閃光。
glimmer微光。

中文詞源

gleam 發(fā)微光，閃爍

來自PIE*ghel, 照耀，發(fā)光，詞源同glass, glimmer.

英文詞源

gleam
gleam: [OE] Gleam is one of a very wide range of English words beginning with gl that denote ‘shining’ (others include glare, glint, glister, glitter, and glow). Originally it was a noun, which came from Germanic *glaim-, *glim- (source also of glimmer [15]); the verb is a 13thcentury development.
=> glimmer, glimpse
gleam (n.)
Old English gl?m "a brilliant light; brightness; splendor, radiance, beauty," from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (cognates: Old Saxon glimo "brightness;" Middle High German glim "spark," gleime "glow-worm;" German glimmen "to glimmer, glow;" Old Norse glja "to shine, glitter, glisten"), from root *glim-, from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), and compare glad (adj.)).
gleam (v.)
early 13c., from gleam (n). Related: Gleamed; gleaming.

雙語例句

1. The product is still only a gleam in an engineer's eye.
該產(chǎn)品還只是工程師頭腦中尚未成形的想法。

來自柯林斯例句

2. There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.
還有一線和平解決的希望。

來自柯林斯例句

3. There was a gleam in her eye when she looked at me.
她朝我看時眼中流露出某種神情。

來自柯林斯例句

4. In the light from the hall, her hair had a golden gleam.
在大廳燈光的照射下，她的頭發(fā)閃著金色的光芒。

來自柯林斯例句

5. We saw the gleam of headlights through the rain.
我們在雨中看見汽車前燈的微光.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》