English-Thai Dictionary

gleam

N แสง ที่ เป็นประกาย  แสง วูบวาบ  saeng-ti-pen-pra-kai

 

gleam

VI เปล่งประกาย  ส่ง แสง วูบ เดียว  flash glimmer pleng-pra-kai

 

gleam with

PHRV ตา เป็นประกาย ด้วย (ความรู้สึก  glisten with glitter with ta-pen-pra-kai-duai

 

gleam with

PHRV เป็นมัน วาว ด้วย  เป็นเงา มัน ด้วย  ส่องแสง เป็นประกาย  glisten with glitter with pen-man-wao-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLEAM

n.[L. flamma.] The radical sense is to throw, to shoot or dart, and it may be of the same family as clamo, clamor, a shoot of the voice. 1. A shoot of light; a beam; a ray; a small stream of light. A gleam of dawning light, metaphorically, a gleam of hope.
2. Brightness; splendor.
In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.

 

GLEAM

v.i.To shoot or dart, as rays of light. At the dawn light gleams in the east. 1. To shine; to cast light.
2. To flash; to spread a flood of light. [Less common. ]
3. Among falconers, to disgorge filth, as a hawk.

 

GLEAMING

ppr. Shooting as rays of light; shining.

 

GLEAMING

n.A shoot or shooting of light.

 

GLEAMY

a.Darting beams of light; casting light in rays. In brazen arms, that cast a gleamy ray,
Swift through the town the warrior bends his way.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GLEAM

Gleam, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E.englaimed. ] (Falconry )

 

Defn: To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

 

GLEAM

Gleam, n. Etym: [OE. glem, gleam, AS. glæm, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. Glitter. ]

 

1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's ] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

 

2. Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.

 

GLEAM

Gleam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming. ]

 

1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

 

2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

 

Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.

 

GLEAM

GLEAM Gleam, v. t.

 

Defn: To shoot out (flashes of light, etc. ). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

 

GLEAMY

GLEAMY Gleam "y, a.

 

Defn: Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gleam

gleam |glēm ɡlim | ▶verb [ no obj. ] shine brightly, esp. with reflected light: light gleamed on the china cats | her eyes gleamed with satisfaction. • (of a smooth surface or object ) reflect light because well polished: Victor buffed the glass until it gleamed | (as adj. gleaming ) : sleek and gleaming black limousines. • (of an emotion or quality ) appear or be expressed through the brightness of someone's eyes or expression: a hint of mischief gleaming in her eyes. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a faint or brief light, esp. one reflected from something: the gleam of a silver tray. • a brief or faint instance of a quality or emotion, esp. a desirable one: the gleam of hope vanished. • a brightness in a person's eyes taken as a sign of a particular emotion: she saw an unmistakable gleam of triumph in his eyes. PHRASES a gleam in someone's eye see eye. DERIVATIVES gleam ing ly adverb, gleam y adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gleam

gleam |gliːm | ▶verb [ no obj. ] shine brightly, especially with reflected light: light gleamed on the china cats | her eyes gleamed with satisfaction. • (of a smooth surface or object ) reflect light because well polished: Victor buffed the glass until it gleamed | (as adj. gleaming ) : gleaming black limousines. • (of an emotion or quality ) be expressed through the brightness of a person's eyes: affection gleamed in her large green eyes. ▶noun a faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something: the gleam of a silver tray. • a brief or faint instance of a quality or emotion: the gleam of hope vanished. • an expression of an emotion or quality in a person's eyes: she saw a gleam of triumph in his eyes. PHRASES a gleam in someone's eye see eye. DERIVATIVES gleamingly adverb, gleamy adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light ’, of Germanic origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gleam

gleam verb the new silver tea service positively gleams: shine, glimmer, glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, wink, glisten, flash; literary glister. ▶noun 1 a gleam of light: glimmer, glint, shimmer, twinkle, sparkle, flicker, flash; beam, ray, shaft. 2 the gleam of brass: shine, luster, gloss, sheen; glint, glitter, glimmer, sparkle; brilliance, radiance, glow; literary glister. 3 a gleam of hope: glimmer, flicker, ray, spark, trace, suggestion, hint, sign.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gleam

gleam verb the new brass nameplate gleamed in the moonlight: shine, glimmer, glint, catch the light, glitter, shimmer, glow, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, glisten, flash, flare, beam, fluoresce; reflect light; literary glister; rare coruscate, scintillate, fulgurate, effulge, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce. ▶noun 1 a gleam of light: glimmer, glint, shimmer, glow, twinkle, sparkle, flicker, blink, spark, flash, flare; beam, ray, shaft, finger, pencil. 2 the gleam of polished brass: shine, lustre, gloss, sheen; glint, glitter, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance, glow, luminescence, luminosity, phosphorescence, incandescence; literary glister; rare lambency, scintillation, effulgence, refulgence, fulguration, coruscation. 3 a gleam of hope appeared in Ray's eyes: glimmer, glimmering, flicker, ray, spark, trace, suggestion, hint, faint sign, scintilla.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gleam

gleam /ɡliːm /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 1 (白っぽく )かすかに光る , 微光を放つ ; 【ワックスなどで 】(磨かれて )きらりと光る «with » ▸ The street lamps gleamed in the fog .街灯は霧の中で淡い光を放っていた 2 〈目 表情が 〉【喜び 興奮などで 】きらりと光る «with » ; 〈感情 希望などが 〉【目 表情に 】ちらりと現れる [見える ] «in » .名詞 C 1 淡い光 [輝き ], 微光 ; きらめく光 , 閃光 （せんこう ）; (磨いた表面などの )輝き ▸ a gleam of light 一筋の (かすかな )光 2 〖通例a ～〗(喜び 敵意などの ) (目や表情に出る )輝き, 光; (希望 機知などの )かすかな現われ, ひらめき (glimmer )▸ a gleam of hope ほのかな望み a gl é am in A's é ye (A 〈人 〉の素案の段階で )まだ具体化されていないもの ▸ The plan is only a gleam in the president' s eye .その計画はまだ社長の漠然とした案にすぎない

 

gleaming

gl é am ing 形容詞 〈物などが 〉輝く, まばゆい .