英语词汇“gleam”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

a gleam in your eye

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gleam
verb[ I ]
us/ɡlim/
to shine with a soft light:
Street lights gleamed brightly in the snow.
gleam
noun[ C ]
us/ɡlim/
a soft, shiny light:
the gleam of silver candlesticks

Idiom

a gleam in your eye

Examples of gleam

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Her flesh gleamed in the morning sunlight like varnished cherrywood.
In the post-war period we have had too many gleams and too few projects.
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They may see a couple of eyes gleaming at them through the darkness; but they may not necessarily be the eyes of deer.
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They were well turned out, and their boots gleamed.
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We must be determined that in this case the redness that has gleamed in the sky must not be allowed to go back again.
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There were certain gleams of that point of view coming from his speech.
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The prospects of agriculture are gloomy to-day, but there are fitful gleams of light and hope.
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The fire stations are a mass of gleaming metal.
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I got one or two gleams of light.
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The only way in which we can meet competition in the world is by having the most up-to-date, the most shining and gleaming factories.
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A jelly pan waits in the kitchen, its copper sides gleaming, waiting for someone to make jam in it.
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We must not forget that there have been gleams of hope in the past, which have, unfortunately, often been extinguished.
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The rotting centres of many of our old towns and cities are being replaced by gleaming new flats and office blocks.
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In fairness, it should be said that the situation is not entirely black; there are sometimes small, if fitful, gleams of hope.
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After the war we had gleaming modern airliners, the earliest ones being directly designed from bombers.
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