gleam是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. /vi. 微光, 闪光, 短暂而微弱的闪现，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And now that the cloud settled on Saint Antoine, which a momentary gleam had driven from his sacred countenance, the darkness of it was heavy-cold, dirt, sickness, ignorance, and want, were the lords in waiting on the saintly pres-ence-nobles of great power all of them; but, most especially the last.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And noticing a gleam of light peeping in beside one of the serge curtains, he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about with them for his slippers, a present on his last birthday, worked for him by his wife on gold-colored morocco.
-- For an instant her face fell, and the mocking gleam in her eyes died away; but the word love threw her into revolt again.
-- You didn't think I had a love story too," she said, and there was a faint gleam in her handsome face of that fire which Kitty felt must once have glowed all over her.
-- Kitty asked apprehensively, catching the gleam of irony that kindled in the prince's eyes at the mention of Madame Stahl.
-- The prince went up to her, and Kitty detected that disconcerting gleam of irony in his eyes.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The young man must have looked at her with a rather peculiar expression, for a gleam of mistrust came into her eyes again.
-- But there was something very strange in him; there was a light in his eyes as though of intense feeling perhaps there were even thought and intel-ligence, but at the same time there was a gleam of something like madness.
-- She, too, flushed, and there was a gleam of anger in her eyes.
-- There was a determined gleam in his eyes; at the same time there was a deathly pallor in his face, as though he were being led to the scaffold.
-- Pyotr Petrovitch ground his teeth and at the same time once more he had a gleam of desperate hope.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If he could think himself of so muchuse, one gleam of day might, by possibility, penetrate into thecheerless dungeon of his remaining existence- though his longevityis, at present (to say the least of it), extremely problematical.
-- 606To my surprise, I heard no more about it for some two or threeweeks, though I was sufficiently interested in the result of hisendeavours; descrying a strange gleam of good sense- I saynothing of good feeling, for that he always exhibited- in theconclusion to which he had come.
-- 'It was a gleam of light upon me, Trot,' said my aunt, drying hereyes, 'when I formed the resolution of being godmother to yoursister Betsey Trotwood, who disappointed me; but, next to that,hardly anything would have given me greater pleasure, than to begodmother to that good young creature's baby!'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On a day which had a summer face and a winter constitution a fine January morning, when there was just enough blue sky visible to make cheerfully-disposed people wish for more, and an occasional gleam of silvery sunshine, Oak put the lamb into a respectable Sunday basket, and stalked across the fields to the house of Mrs. Hurst, the aunt George, the dog walking behind, with a countenance of great concern at the serious turn pastoral affairs seemed to be taking.
-- He too stooped, and the lantern standing on the ground betwixt them threw the gleam from its open side among the fir-tree needles and the blades of long damp grass with the effect of a large glowworm.
-- He flourished the sword by way of introduction number two, and the next thing of which she was conscious was that the point and blade of the sword were darting with a gleam towards her left side, just above her hip; then of their reappearance on her right side, emerging as it were from between her ribs, having apparently passed through her body.
-- And how the parson would pray!Yes; he would kneel down and put up his hands together, and make the holy gold rings on his fingers gleam and twinkle in yer eyes, that he'd earned by praying so excellent well! Ah yes, I wish I lived there."
-- A faint gleam of humour passed over her face as she said: "Bring Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy, and the Mourning Bride, and let me see Night Thoughts, and the Vanity of Human Wishes."
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Suddenly, too, he saw a faint gleam of light on the second story; it came from M. Vautrin's room.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Across the road would be new rail fences, inclosing fat cattle andblooded horses, and the red earth that rolled down the hillside to the rich river bottom land would gleam white aseiderdown in the sun cotton; acres and acres of cotton!The fortunes of the O'Haras would rise again.
-- Her heavyearbobs with their long gold fringe hung down from loops of tidily netted hair, swinging close to her brown eyes, eyesthat had the still gleam of a forest pool in winter when brown leaves shine up through quiet water.
-- And then she saw the bright gleam of her wide gold wedding ring.
-- There was something new and strange about the square set of his shoulders and the cool bright gleam of his eyes.
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