Gleam

Definition

gleam / gli:m / n ၁။ [C usu sing ] အလင္းေရာင္မိွန္မိွန္။ ေဖ်ာ့ေတာ့ေသာ အလင္းေရာင္။ the sudden gleam of a match in the darkness ❍ A few gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon. ❍ the gleam of moonlight on the water ❍ the gleam of polished brassware in the firelight. ၂။ [sing] ဝင္းလက္ျခင္း။ a serious book with an occasional gleam of humour ❍ a gleam of hope in an apparently hopeless situation ❍ He had a nasty gleam in his eye (ie as if planning sth unpleasant). See also GLIMMER v ၁။ (က) ဝင္းလက္သည္။ moonlight gleaming on the water ❍ water gleaming in the moonlight ❍ a cat's eyes gleaming in the dark ❍ ( fig ) anticipation/ excitement gleaming in their eyes. (ခ) ဖိတ္ဖိတ္ေတာက္သည္။ gleaming white teeth ❍ The polished candlesticks gleamed. ၂။ ~ with sth (ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ခ်က္၊ ေမွ်ာ္ေတြးခ်က္ စသည္ျဖင့္) မ်က္စိမ်က္ႏွာ ဝင္းလက္သြားသည္။ eyes gleaming with anticipation/ excitement.

Examples

1. Her car gleamed in the sunshine.