gleam
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 光束，微光，反光
- vi.
- 闪烁，隐约地闪现
- vt.
- 使发微光，使闪烁
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; reflected light; radiance; something ephemeral”), from Old English glǣm (“gleam”), from Proto-West Germanic *glaimi (“brightness; splendour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
- (countable, figuratively) An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
- (countable, figuratively) A bright, but intermittent
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 glemen
词源说明
From Middle English glemen (“to shine; to glance, look”), from glem, gleme (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Cognate with German Low German glemen (“to glow, shine”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- (intransitive) To shine, especially in an indistinct
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 gleimen
- 源自 ←古诺尔斯语 kleima “to daub, smear”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *klaimijaną “to smear with clay, to mortar”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *gleh₁y- “to glue, stick; to smear”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *gleh₁y-