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gleaming

/gleem/US // glim //UK // (ɡliːm) //

熠熠生辉,熠熠生辉的,熠熠闪光的,炯炯有神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
    • : a dim or subdued light.
    • : a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; trace: a gleam of hope.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to send forth a gleam or gleams.
    • : to appear suddenly and clearly like a flash of light.

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Examples

  • Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.

  • But then, like a scene in a horror movie, she will wake as though someone were coming at her with a gleaming knife.

  • I jammed my thumb into my mouth and almost choked on it while the screen lit up with sunny skies on a gleaming lake.

  • She found out on her first day on the job in 1941, when confronted with two bodies laid out on gleaming white porcelain tables.

  • Caroline and John Jr. took great interest in the gleaming dirk.

  • “You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.

  • Kerry glared after the retreating figures for a moment, and a grin of fierce satisfaction revealed his gleaming teeth.

  • Dorothy descended from her lofty perch on the stool, and met the red gleaming eyes of Pincher intently watching all her movements.

  • She fancied she could almost see the wings of angels gleaming in the purple sunlight.

  • Upon the intruder he turned a crimson, furious face, perspiration gleaming like varnish on brow and nose.