gleam

• n. 一瞬のきらめき；閃光；瞬間的な出現
• vi.ちらつく；ぼんやりと光る
• vt.ちらつかせる；揺らめく

PIE *ghel「輝く、きらめく」から。語源的にはglass「きらめき」と同じ。

gleam

gleam: [OE] Gleam is one of a very wide range of English words beginning with gl that denote ‘shining’ (others include glare, glint, glister, glitter, and glow). Originally it was a noun, which came from Germanic *glaim-, *glim- (source also of glimmer [15]); the verb is a 13thcentury development.
=> glimmer, glimpse

gleam (n.)

Old English gl?m "a brilliant light; brightness; splendor, radiance, beauty," from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (cognates: Old Saxon glimo "brightness;" Middle High German glim "spark," gleime "glow-worm;" German glimmen "to glimmer, glow;" Old Norse glja "to shine, glitter, glisten"), from root *glim-, from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), and compare glad (adj.)).

gleam (v.)

early 13c., from gleam (n). Related: Gleamed; gleaming.

1. The product is still only a gleam in an engineer 's eye.

この製品は、エンジニアの頭の中ではまだ形になっていない考えにすぎない。

2.There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.

平和的解決の一縷の望みがある。

3.There was a gleam in her eye when she looked at me.

彼女は私を見ると目に何かの表情を浮かべた。

4.In the light from the hall，her hair had a golden gleam .

ロビーの明かりに照らされて、彼女の髪は金色に光っていた。

5.We saw the gleam of headlights through the rain.

雨の中でヘッドライトの微光を見た。