| 单词 | glass |
| 释义 | glass (glɑːs , glæs ) Word forms: glasses 1. uncountable noun A1 Glass is a hard transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles. ...a pane of glass. ...a sliding glass door. 2. countable noun A1 A glass is a container made from glass, which you can drink from and which does not have a handle. Grossman raised the glass to his lips. The contents of a glass can be referred to as a glass of something. ...a glass of milk. [+ of] 3. uncountable noun B2 Glass is used to mean objects made of glass, for example drinking containers and bowls. There's a glittering array of glass to choose from at markets. 4. plural noun A1 Glasses are two lenses in a frame that some people wear in front of their eyes in order to help them see better. He took off his glasses. 5. See also dark glasses, magnifying glass Idioms: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones said to mean that you have faults and so you should not criticize other people for their faults When will they learn? People in glass houses really shouldn't throw stones. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the glass ceiling the attitudes and traditions which sometimes prevent women, or people from ethnic or religious minorities, from getting the most important jobs A woman judge has at last succeeded in breaking through the glass ceiling into the Court of Appeal, the second highest court in the land. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: break glass He was also unable to break the glass - because it was coated in a shatterproof lining. The Sun (2013) Houses were filled with brickwork, stoves were blown out, doors wrenched from their hinges, and much window glass was broken. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Sharp edges and broken glass everywhere. Times,Sunday Times (2020) The brandy glass was drained and held forth. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) She arranges them on the windowsill, drains a glass of apple juice and asks if I'd like to see her scrapbook of India. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They drained their glasses. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Fill the glasses almost to the top with crushed ice. The Sun (2012) The machine fills a glass in four seconds. The Sun (2010) It is the host's responsibility to ensure that drinking glasses are filled . Times, Sunday Times (2007) Use straight away or keep in an airtight glass jar in the fridge for a week or so. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The airtight glass jar looks about right to store summer plum jam ready for a dark winter. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Here and there a candle flickered in a glass jar amid the ruins. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Pack in a small glass jar and cover with olive oil. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Put all the ingredients in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid and shake well to combine. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He wrote in bed, in a room lit by a green glass lamp and lined with cork to muffle noise. Times, Sunday Times She switches on an art glass lamp, the window behind her dark. Times, Sunday Times On his desk are a laptop computer, a printer and a brass and green glass lamp. Times, Sunday Times The front end was somewhat similar to 1966's, although the glass lamp covers were gone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most famous was the stained leaded glass lamp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their tools were a ceramic vase, a coffee table, a television, a glass ornament and a shovel. Times, Sunday Times The reigning three-time world champ spent seven weeks sidelined with a broken toe when he dropped a glass ornament on it. The Sun He then joined the family business, which produced glass ornaments and glass eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their production ranged from basic to high quality glass ornaments, which are now sought after as collectibles, especially some of their vases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glass ornaments also were found. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An egg had been thrown at their front door, the yolk dripping down the glass panel. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He put the glass panel back in place, without being asked, and did a temporary seal with some gaffer tape. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Katrina looked at the frosted glass panelled door to his office. FINAL RESORT The zoo may now put up a protective glass panel. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Making a note to pass this intimation of senescence on to Ellie, Pascoe glanced through the glass panel. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001) She lingered on the other side of a smudged glass partition and gazed back at me. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) Previously she had been allowed to see her daughter and son only through a glass partition. Times, Sunday Times (2012) So much so, that one client is installing art behind a glass partition so that he can admire his collection as he goes to park. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Having been kept behind a glass partition for years, it has only 2,000 miles on the clock. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He was then supposedly involved in an altercation in a taxi, where he allegedly caused damage to a glass partition, but no evidence of this was found. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Optional extras include a retractable glass roof or a discreet cover that will slide over the pool, creating a ballroom or banqueting hall. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's my favourite of the three — just — thanks to that aluminium roll bar and sliding glass roof. The Sun (2015) Recently, cold weather caused condensation to form on the inside of the windows and the glass roof. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And you get a smart double panoramic glass roof. The Sun (2012) The award has been given to 74 of the finest exponents of traditional crafts, such as engraving, glass sculpture, bell-making and embroidery, since the programme was created in 1994. Times, Sunday Times These stock materials took form as laboratory glassware, beads, and durable scientific specimens miniature glass sculpture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glass sculpture on stone plinth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The artist responds to this marvellously quirky collection with entrancing glass sculptures. Times, Sunday Times Lawyers, ever competitive, love awards ceremonies and the reception areas of most leading firms are littered with various glass sculptures celebrating their past victories. Times, Sunday Times We removed a glass shelf from our fridge-freezer in order to clean it. Times, Sunday Times He collided with the glass shelf. Times,Sunday Times Features include a video bay with cable port, glass shelf, drawer and pull-up doors, some of which also have anthracite glass fronts. Times, Sunday Times The first commercial application of this control technology was a heated glass shelf for displaying warm foods in merchandising cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The kitchen, for example, has vertical wall radiators and glass shelves. Times, Sunday Times The apartments - there are 41 - will have copper cabinetry, a glass shower screen, which displays different colours, and emerald enamel splashbacks in the kitchen. Times, Sunday Times The vast glass shower also serves as a steam room and has a mosaic seat upon which to recline. Times, Sunday Times I found my glass shower door in fragments all over the floor. Times, Sunday Times The 222 cheerful rooms deliver your practical needs with panache: they have box-spring beds and granite and glass shower rooms. Times, Sunday Times Shattered glass showered down around me. Times, Sunday Times Only at half-time were they allowed to go inside to sit around the traditional, complacency-inducing glass table. Times, Sunday Times And this room with two cameras, two chairs and a clear glass table with three products looks big. Times, Sunday Times The dining area has a modern glass table surrounded by antique mahogany chairs. Times, Sunday Times We had an awesome blue velvet corner sofa that had a bar built into it, with a glass table. Times, Sunday Times She just closes the magazine and puts it back on the small glass table in one languid gesture. Times,Sunday Times Custom printed glass tile and glass tile murals exhibit the toughness of glass on the wearing surface with photo-like pictures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glass tile introduces complexities to the installer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At their feet, 'starbursts' of water like tidal geysers explode against glass tiles. Times, Sunday Times The 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) historic building features a single large gallery with an arched ceiling covered in green glass tile to evoke an underwater feeling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have a fire surround made of matt glass tiles. Times, Sunday Times Glass tower blocks waste huge amounts of energy. Times, Sunday Times The steel and glass tower stands on the edge of 17 much smaller separate blocks set around a large communal garden. Times, Sunday Times In the end, the developers were not granted all of the variances that they had hoped for, but a glass tower will be built. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At 139.6 metres and 45 floors, the glass tower was completed in 2003. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's not all about flashy glass towers pointing to the sky. Times, Sunday Times Inside was a glass tube of blood - although, according to a technician present, it didn't appear to be blood. ST Each light also contains a glass tube that can be filled with nectar. Times, Sunday Times According to police, four sachets of methampheta-mine were found on her body, with pieces of aluminium foil, a glass tube and two mobile phones. Times, Sunday Times He used a long glass tube with a closed end, filled it with mercury, and turned it upside down in a basin filled with mercury. Times, Sunday Times The source was a glass tube containing beryllium powder and radium bromide. Times, Sunday Times A single blow from a glass vase could hardly have killed him, not so quickly at any rate. THE EXECUTION (2001) A nurse accepted them from Burnell and stuck them in a glass vase. Somewhere East of Life (1994) A recycled glass vase costs €30. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She uncaps a tiny glass vial and waves it under my nose. Times, Sunday Times He liquefied phosphorus in warm water and shook it in a glass vial, until it became granulated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their organs were packed alongside, together with precious trinkets and tiny, exquisitely formed glass vials containing the tears of those they'd left behind. Times, Sunday Times They will have to be transferred from bulk storage to glass vials. Times,Sunday Times He was not used to dealing with the glass vials and found them difficult to open. Times, Sunday Times It sits on the aft deck, with just a glass wall between you and the ocean. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There's a bowling alley with a glass wall giving sea views. The Sun (2017) We had this huge glass wall looking into the assembly room, which was the big ballet studio. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The four-bedroom house has a reception room with a glass wall looking out over the graves, a large integral garage and a cinema room in the basement. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He went in, leaned against the glass wall and stared stupidly at the instrument. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE The basement kitchen to the right of the entrance still has stone-mullioned windows with leaded glass. Times, Sunday Times Part of a terrace of four narrow brick houses with leaded glass windows and no garden, it has been transformed into a series of bright modern spaces. Times, Sunday Times The leaded glass, potted palms and chinoiserie add to the atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times The original owner wanted all the comforts of home: the windows are leaded glass and inside it has a gramophone, stove, gas lighting and solid oak furniture. Times, Sunday Times The windows in the upper band are made from leaded glass and feature concrete piers on each side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Magnifying glasses are available to those who have difficulty reading the fine print on banking forms. ST In the background, others are making hot chocolate and popcorn over fires started with magnifying glasses and flints. Times, Sunday Times Fewer dummies and a few more magnifying glasses would have been a better distribution of resources. Times, Sunday Times They inspected the gems using electronic scales and magnifying glasses to calculate quality and price. Times, Sunday Times Creative participants come wielding a range of homemade contraptions, including mirrors, aluminum foil and magnifying glasses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An early example of late modern curtain walled mirror glass skyscraper. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a raised alcove inlaid completely in mirror glass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mirror glass and glass objects also began to be produced on larger scales during the early modern period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mirror glass and gleaming like a jewel when hit by light. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intended mirror glass to the deep courtyards was not implemented. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the time, it was the largest single pane of glass to be installed in a residential chalet interior in the Alps. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Some suggested it was just a car's rear light reflected in a pane of glass in front of the camera. The Sun (2013) Her mother had replaced the broken pane of glass, carefully puttying the edges; and the unicorn curtains were in place. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1) (2002) I go to the kitchen and pour a glass of orange juice. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He drained his bourbon and poured another glass. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Pour a glass of ice cubes and a glass of milk into a blender. The Sun (2014) He's wearing his trademark rimless glasses, his platinum hair flattened by the rain. Times, Sunday Times At other times his square face seems inscrutable as he averts his eyes behind rimless glasses. Times, Sunday Times The grey beard, the rimless glasses and the kind eyes can't mask the charisma of a public figure who finds himself in a unique position. The Sun He looks across the table in front of him, blankly, from behind his rimless glasses. Globe and Mail Through big rimless glasses, his eyes bug out in mock horror. Globe and Mail With his bald pate and round glasses, he was a picture of wizened rectitude amid what he portrayed as the unfortunate emergence of less wholesome behaviour. Times, Sunday Times Hanging in our entrance hall was a sepia photograph of a man in small, round glasses. Times, Sunday Times He wears round glasses with thick frames over his big eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has wavy blue hair and round glasses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He started out with round glasses and a goatee beard but later removed the beard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had a big shard of glass sticking out his left eye. The Sun She escapes by jumping out of the window, impaling her leg with a shard of glass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hundreds were injured, many from shard of glass but there were no fatalities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A shard of glass from the broken windscreen penetrated and permanently damaged his right eye. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was packed with shards of glass which cut him on his arm, neck and face. Times, Sunday Times Those shimmies looked like they'd shatter glass. The Sun (2009) The glass was shattered so I had to stand in the rain and shout over the whistling gale. THE TARTAN RINGERS (2002) The structure was left a mass of twisted metal and shattered glass. The Sun Cops are now analysing footprints left behind in shattered glass. The Sun He left blood on a bed sheet and further traces were found on the shattered glass. The Sun Block after block and street after street were strewn with rubble and concrete, metal, garbage and shattered glass, blankets and mattresses. Times, Sunday Times In its place were only broken walls and shattered glass. Times, Sunday Times Try taking three long, slow breaths or sipping a glass of water if you feel tempted. The Sun Incidentally, can you imagine being at some party and meeting the bloke who did this research - standing there, alone, sipping his glass of chardonnay? The Sun It has an appealing straw colour, a citrus and honey taste and its buttery, waxy texture almost convinces you that you're sipping a glass of burgundy. Times, Sunday Times Sitting by the pool sipping a glass of chilled rosé this summer you may have toyed with the notion that a few hectares of grapes might be a sound investment. Times, Sunday Times Spoon into a tall dessert glass and serve. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Shake and strain into tall glasses filled with ice. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Into four tall glasses put two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I only like it out of a thin glass. The Times Literary Supplement Finally, the technician would mount a thin glass coverslip over the slides to protect the sections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rain amounts are typically very shallow, so to make it readable measure 30mm of water into the holder, then pour it into a tall, thin glass jar. Times, Sunday Times They use aggressively thin glass. Times, Sunday Times Packs of thin glass sheets, angled so as to reflect away light of the unwanted polarity, served as the viewing filters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Officers said he squints so may normally wear glasses. The Sun The overhead band gives a secure fit, but may be uncomfortable if you wear glasses. The Sun Two thirds of shoppers who wear glasses pay in excess of 100, with the average person spending 150 on their spectacles. The Sun If you wear glasses, wear them all the time. Times, Sunday Times Can't she wear glasses or not wash her gorgeous hair? The Sun Translations: Chinese: 玻璃, 玻璃杯 Japanese: ガラス, コップ |
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