in sing.
- a soft lustre on a surface光泽; 光辉：
black crushed velvet with a slight sheen
略带光泽的拷花黑丝绒
figurative 〈喻〉he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen.
他似乎浑身都散发出明显的娱乐业的光彩。
- poetic/literary shine or cause to shine softly〈诗/文〉（使）闪光, 发亮：
with obj. men entered with rain sheening their steel helms士兵进来了, 钢盔上雨珠晶莹发亮
no obj. her black hair sheened in the sun.在阳光下, 她的乌黑头发闪闪发亮。
词源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete sheen 'beautiful, resplendent'; apparently related to the verb SHINE.