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Gleam N Flash German Gli:M 亮光,闪光;V 发闪光 英

单词 gleam
音标 [gli:m]
解释 n. 亮光,闪光;v. 发闪光
红宝书 【英】 n. 亮光,闪光(a flash or beam of light);v. 发闪光(flash)
【记】 和 glean(拾谷物,收集) 一起记
【例】 The furniture gleamed after being polished.
字源 gleam (n.)
Old English glæm "brilliant light; brightness, splendor, radiance," from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (cognates: Old Saxon glimo "brightness;" Middle High German glim "spark," gleime "glowworm;" German glimmen "to glimmer, glow;" Old Norse glija "to shine, glitter"), from root *glim-, from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass).
gleam (v.)
early 13c., from gleam (n). Related: Gleamed; gleaming.
不择手段背单词 n. 微光(光泽稳定而柔和的光)v 闪光 = flash
【区】glean(v 拾落穗; 收集)
趣味全助记 【记】同glimmer;glimpse 一瞥,看到微弱的光;glass + 音:立目,戴着眼镜横眉立目看着光,发的是微光,可以立目来看
【相关】glimmer 微弱闪光,gloam 黄昏,薄暮,gloom 阴暗, 阴沉, glum 阴郁的, 阴沉的,glint 闪烁

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