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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 glæm "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.

词态变化

复数 gleams;
第三人称单数 gleams;
过去式 gleamed;
过去分词 gleamed;
现在分词 gleaming;

权威造句

1. The product is still only a gleam in an engineer"s eye.: 该产品还只是工程师头脑中尚未成形的想法。

2. There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.: 还有一线和平解决的希望。

3. There was a gleam in her eye when she looked at me.: 她朝我看时眼中流露出某种神情。

4. In the light from the hall, her hair had a golden gleam.: 在大厅灯光的照射下，她的头发闪着金色的光芒。

5. We saw the gleam of headlights through the rain.: 我们在雨中看见汽车前灯的微光.

近反义词

not a gleam of hope 毫无希望

相似短语

a gleam of... 一线..., 一丝...

not a gleam of hope 毫无希望

单词分析

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记忆方法

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,闪光。
glimmer微光。

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