| 单词 | gleaming |
| 释义 | gleaming (once / 589 pages) adjn Teeth in toothpaste commercials are gleaming. They sparkle when the light hits. When you see this word, think of a bright reflected ray of light, on teeth, on water, or in someone's smiling eyes. A new skyscraper that reflects light might also be described as gleaming. If you are excited to move to a new place, someone might say that your eyes are gleaming with excitement, especially as you view the gleaming wood floors and gleaming freshly-washed windows of your new home. The word has a clean, glittering, sparkly feel to it. WORD FAMILYgleaming: gleamingly, gleamings+/gleam: gleamed, gleaming, gleams USAGE EXAMPLESGleaming with rain, it rose up snarling, as if struggling to escape the earth. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Here is a men’s clothing shop and art gallery in a small space with gleaming light wood floors. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The screen showed gleaming golden bubbles of fat that were surprisingly beautiful. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj bright with a steady but subdued shining the gleaming brass on the altar Syn agleam, nitid bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 2n a flash of light (especially reflected light) Syn|Hyper gleam, glimmer flash a sudden intense burst of radiant energy 3n an appearance of reflected light Syn|Hyper gleam, glow, lambency effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
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