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单词 aglare
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aglareadj.adv.

Brit. /əˈɡlɛː/, U.S. /əˈɡlɛ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix3, glare v.
Etymology: < a- prefix3 + glare v.
A. adj.
In predicative use: glaring.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > fierce
glaringc1405
aglare1712
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > dazzling or glaring
blazinga1387
piercinga1400
sulȝart1513
dazzling1581
overbright1587
glaring?c1600
bisson1604
quick1609
glary1632
severe1648
overpowering1700
aglare1712
adazzle1832
bedazzling1852
unbeholdable1855
braying1922
1712 A. Philips Distrest Mother iv. viii. 45 A ghastly Figure, full of gaping Wounds, His Eyes a-glare, his Hair all stiff with Blood.
1728 J. Ralph Muses' Addr. to King 4 The providential eye of heav'n's, Not seen to blaze With dreadful majesty aglare, And vengeance sleeps.
1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. xix. 223 His sole remaining eye aglare with furious light.
c1921 D. H. Lawrence Mr. Noon (1984) ii. xiv. 122 Gilbert in his overcoat, the full-breasted woman in her delicate, dark-coloured blouse went down to the kitchen quarters, switching on lights till the whole flat was aglare.
2005 M. Caldwell N.Y. Night iv. 79 Now, in 1835, it was aglare with gaslight.
B. adv.
So as to glare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > dazzlingly
glaringlya1586
dazzlinglya1711
blazingly1830
aglare1857
1857 ‘W. Triton’ Fisher Boy v. 53 Her eyes were set aglare, while hearing grew painfully alive to the faintest echo.
1881 Art Jrnl. Jan. 119 The landscape lying all aglare beneath the ‘blue unclouded’.
2000 J. T. Nichols Nirvana Blues (new ed.) 51 Still, no floodlights sprang aglare: no loudspeakers ordered him to 'Freeze!'
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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