gleam
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
Đồng nghĩa: leam
- 2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.
Đồng nghĩa: flicker, glimmer, trace
- 3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
- 4.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
- 5.
(countable, obsolete)Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain.
- 6.
(obsolete, uncountable)Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour.
Đồng nghĩa: dazzle, lambency, shine
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- 2.
(intransitive)To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
Đồng nghĩa: glint, glow, leam, sparkle
- 3.
(figuratively, intransitive)To be strongly but briefly apparent.
Đồng nghĩa: flare, flash, kindle
- 4.
(intransitive, obsolete)(intransitive, falconry, obsolete) Of a hawk or other bird of prey: to disgorge filth from its crop or gorge.
Từ liên quan
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme, from Old English glǣm (gleam), from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (brightness; splendour), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to shine).