leam

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing. UK,dialectal
    — The Leams of the morning sun streamed through the half-closed shutters
  2. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    — The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.
动词 v.
  1. To gleam; shine; glow. UK,dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

leams present,singular,third-person leaming participle,present leamed participle,past leamed past leem alternative leme alternative leams plural leem alternative leme alternative leams plural leem alternative leme alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).
词源 2
From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).
词源 3
See leamer, lien.
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