单词 | gleam |
释义 | gleamn. 1. a. In early use, a brilliant light (e.g. of the sun). In modern use, a subdued or transient appearance of light, emitted or reflected.In Middle English both noun and verb are rare except in alliterative verse. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness shinessc950 brightOE gleamOE lightnessOE brightnessOE brightheadc1300 glimc1400 lightsomeness1440 shinea1529 brightsomeness1548 lustrec1550 claritude1575 lightfulnessa1586 explendency1642 lucidness1648 lucidity1656 luculency1656 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 OE Guthlac B 1278 Þa se æþela glæm setlgong sohte, sweare norðrodor won under wolcnum. a1225 St. Marher. 12 Semde as þah ha sehe iþe glistinde glem þe deore rode areachen to þe heouene. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2122 So stod ut of his mouth a glem Rith al swilk so the sunnebem. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 604 Þat al [the harness] glytered & glent as glem of þe sunne. c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 20 And myne eyne þei glittir like þe gleme in þe glasse. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 185 All the lake as lamp did leme of licht, Quhilk schadovit all about wyth twynkling glemis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3067 A necke..glissonand as the glemes þat glenttes of þe snaw. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. D4v Is not yon gleame, the shuddering morne that flakes, With siluer tinctur, the east vierge of heauen? 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 30 A gleam of light, so bright that he could easily read by it. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 210 The dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 142 If mine had been the Painter's hand, To express what then I saw; and add the gleam, The light that never was, on sea or land. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. i. 171 See you not a gleam of spears, yonder, over the mountains? 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 162 When the staff was dug into the snow and withdrawn, the blue gleam appeared. 1868 B. Harte in Littell's Living Age 9 May 99 The gleam of his old white hat from afar. b. figurative. A bright or vivid manifestation (of some quality, etc.); in modern use chiefly with the notion of limitation, a faint, transient, or intermittent appearance. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation > vivid gleam?c1225 gleening1591 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of some quality > slight gleam?c1225 glimpsea1547 suspicion1565 umber1573 umbrage1604 umbrationa1706 shima1800 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 40 Þet þe soðe sunne haueð vtewið..unseoweliche imakede þurch gleames of his grace. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 25 The palme play, where..With dased eyes oft we by gleames of love Have mist the ball. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. Mv He..stil behelde hir gestures all, And all hir gleames of grace. a1711 T. Ken Psyche iv, in Wks. (1721) IV. 250 When first my Heart, thou Lord, didst melt, And of thy Love one Gleam I felt. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xxvi. 127 A gleam of sympathy and resemblance may easily deceive thee. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. I. 75 Her smile..casts at once a gleam of beauty over otherwise but ordinary features. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 228 On the fifteenth of June a gleam of hope appeared. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 246 One temporary gleam of good fortune cheered him for a time. 1885 Spectator 30 May 716/1 Now and then..we get an occasional gleam of humour. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > a bright or warm interval hot gleam1601 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind hot gleam1601 bloom1697 snow-eater1886 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > radiation of heat > ray of heat hot gleam1601 beam1860 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 33 The middle of the earth, whereas the Sun hath his way..is euen parched and fried againe with the hot gleames thereof. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 188 If the weather be warm and calm, the Bees delight to rise, but especially in a hot Gleam, after a Showre or Gloomy Cloud hath sent them home. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xix. 530 We felt a brisk gale..so violently hot, that we thought it came from some burning Mountain... Just such another gleam I felt one afternoon also. a. transferred. Brightness, radiance; radiant beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance gleamOE gleec1440 blaze1578 radiancea1593 radiancy1595 lustre1602 prefulgency1660 brilliance1755 rayonnement1910 OE Cynewulf Juliana 167 Min se swetesta sunnan scima, Iuliana! Hwæt, þu glæm hafast, ginfæste giefe, geoguðhades blæd! OE Genesis 1018 Heo þe hroðra oftihð, glæmes grene folde. c1250 Meid Maregrete xxxii On þe holi meidan he sende litt ant glem. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 218 Þaȝ þe feloun [Lucifer] were so fers for his fayre wedeȝ & his glorious glem þat glent so bryȝt. 1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions in Complaints v Then was the faire Dodonian tree far seene, Upon seaven hills to spred his gladsome gleame. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 36 The white clear bright Gleam in every Creature..does arise and proceed from the divine Principle. b. A bright or joyous look. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > bright or joyous look gleam1772 1772 W. Jones Poems 19 O'er his smooth cheeks diffus'd a lively gleam. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 72 His black visage lighted up with a curious, mischievous gleam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gleamv.1 1. a. intransitive. To emit gleams, to shine either with emitted or reflected light; in modern use chiefly, to shine with a brightness subdued by distance or an intervening medium. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (intransitive)] > shine with reflected light shinec897 gleama1225 lustre1582 burnisha1625 a1225 Leg. Kath. 1653 Al þat terin is glistinde & gleaminde, as hit were seoluer oðer gold smeate. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 597 A sadel Þat glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges. a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 So glitterit as the gold wer thair glorius gilt tressis, Quhill all the gressis did gleme of the glaid hewis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3943 Faire Ene hade þe freike..Glemyt as þe glasse and gliet a little. c1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxvii. 20 Forcit fyris with gritter gleidis out glemis. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 563 The Palace gleams with shining Swords. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 316 When not a distant taper's twinkling ray Gleamed o'er the furze to light him on his way. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. x. 287 Torches and cressets gleamed around. 1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 28 There gleam the columns of Capua. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 247 Keen, honest eyes gleamed out from his brown, scarred weather-beaten face. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 10 What will be the morning glory, when at dusk thus gleams the lake? b. quasi-transitive, esp. with adverbs. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1v Dying eyes gleem'd forth their ashie lights. View more context for this quotation 1796 M. Robinson Angelina III. 28 Tapers, faintly pale, gleaming blue light upon the altar, then suddenly disappearing! 1818 H. H. Milman Samor iii. 52 The northern clouds..Stream in their restless wavings to and fro, While the sea billows gleam them mellower back. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly glent1303 gliffc1330 gleam1340 blenka1375 keekc1405 glidec1425 gliffen1489 runa1500 glish1570 glance1582 to glance one's eye, look1590 blink1592 squint1610 reflect1611 teet1710 glisk1720 glint1888 1340–70 Alisaunder 505 Nectanabus..nyed hym tyll And gleming gainelich too þe gome saide. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 I cast on him a crabbit e..And lettis it is a luf blenk quhen he about glemys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gleamv.2 Falconry. ? Obsolete. (See quot. 1704.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > other actions tirec1220 beak1486 enseam1486 traverse1486 bind1575 crab1575 gleam1575 accost1596 canceleera1640 to wait on1773 to throw up1881 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 103 And when shee hath caste, then hoode hir agayne, gyuing hir nothing to feede on, vntill she gleame after hir casting. 1704 Dict. Rusticum Gleam..When a Hawk casteth, she Gleams; that is, throws up Filth from her Gorge. Derivatives gleam n. (see quot. 1891). ΚΠ 1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria 223 Gleam, the substance thrown up after casting gorge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.OEv.1a1225v.21575 |
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