leam

[英]沼泽地排水沟

发音

US /liːm/

词形变化

leams 复数 leamed leaming leams 三单 leaming 现在分词 leamed 过去式 leamed 过去分词

别名

leem leme

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

    英国 方言
  2. 1.

    A cord or strap for leading a dog.

v.
  1. 1.

    To gleam; shine; glow.

    英国 方言 不及物

词源

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”).

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