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.
实用例句
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。
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2. There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.
还有一线和平解决的希望。
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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。
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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。
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5. We saw the gleam of headlights through the rain.
