gleam

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gleam1 /ɡliːm/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 SHINEto shine softly 发微光，闪烁 SYN glimmer

His teeth gleamed under his moustache.

他的八字须下面，牙齿晶莹发亮。

gleam with

The wooden panelling was gleaming with wax polish.

木嵌板上过蜡显得很光亮。

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2 SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEif your eyes or face gleam with a feeling, they show it 〔眼睛或脸部〕闪现，表露〔某种情感〕 SYN glint

gleam with

He laughed, his eyes gleaming with amusement.

他笑了，眼中流露出愉悦的神色。

—gleaming adjectiveadj

gleaming white walls

光洁明亮的白色墙壁

Examples from the Corpus

gleam• Grover smiled mysteriously, his gold tooth gleaming.• She went back into school, brow furrowed, eyes gleaming.• The floors gleamed, and the house smelled sweetly of soap and fresh air.• John's face gleamed as he thought of his plan for revenge.• He gleamed blue-yellow in the night.• On either side her head gleamed coiled braids of dark-gold hair, almost pale copper in the subdued light of the room.• The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.• A Rolls Royce was parked outside, gleaming in the sunshine.• The old walnut dining table gleamed under the chandelier.• On his left was the galley, a tiny kitchen gleaming with stainless steel.

gleam with• Her eyes gleamed with amusement.• The engine gleamed with oil.

gleam2 noun [countableC]

1 LIGHTa small pale light, especially one that shines for a short time 〔尤指短暂的〕微光，闪光 SYN glimmer

gleam of

They saw a sudden gleam of light.

他们看到一道微光一闪而过。

2 SHINYthe brightness of something that shines 闪光，闪亮 SYN glint

gleam of

the gleam of gold and diamonds

金子和钻石闪闪发亮

3 EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACEan emotion or expression that appears for a moment on someone’s face 〔某人脸上〕闪现的光芒

gleam of

She saw a gleam of amusement in his eyes.

她看到他眼中闪烁着笑意。

Rose looked at me with a furious gleam in her eyes.

罗丝看着我，眼中闪着怒火。

4 something is a gleam in somebody’s eye used to say that something is being planned or thought about, but does not yet exist 某事物仅仅是某人的一个构想

In those days, CD-ROMs were still just a gleam in the eye of some young engineer.

那个时候，只读光盘还只是一些年轻工程师心中的构想。

Examples from the Corpus

gleam• Maybe there was going to be a gleam of light this morning.• She remembered him and Agape said quite a gleam came in her eye.• His shoes are spit-shined and the buttons on his jersey gleam.• Sure enough, her eyes could see the faint satiny gleam of his bronze skin.• But he was a sucker for that gleam in her eye.• The whole building was painted the frost white of cake icing and its shine echoed the gleam of the silent Thames behind.• I heard the back door of the house open, and saw the gleam of a lantern.• Now and then the gleam of a flashlight would wink out through the shrubbery.

gleam of• I noticed a gleam of gold from his watch.• There was a gleam of happiness on his face.• They saw the gleam of the lighthouse in the distance.

Origin gleam2

Old English glæm

gleam1 verbgleam2 noun

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