单词 | glaring |
释义 | glaringn. The action of glare v., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > glare or dazzle glarec1540 overlight1626 dazzlement1633 dazzle1651 fulgurance1652 glaringness1664 glaring1669 mizmaze1814 bray1929 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking fiercely glaring1786 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 149 b Thei whiche..are oftentimes trained oute of the waie of truth, by the likely glarings [L. spectris] of reason. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 Feb. (1976) IX. 434 A chimney-piece of Dancre's doing in distemper with egg to keep off the glaring of the light. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 51 Those perpetual Discourses..are but counterfeit Glarings to dazzle a too credulous Husband. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 81 The glaring of eyes, which could belong only to devils or tigers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). glaringadj. That glares. 1. a. Of the eyes: Staring fiercely or wildly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > fierce glaringc1405 aglare1712 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 684 Swiche glarynge eyen hadde he as an hare. 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 694 He passed along..yawning and gaping wide, with ouglie demonstration of long teeth, and glaring eies. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 115 He leaves the Fens, and leaps upon the Ground; And hissing, rowls his glaring Eyes around. View more context for this quotation 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 215 Trying whiles to send his glaring eye Beyond the wide circumference of his wo. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. steepc1000 standing1340 glazenc1380 glassy1412 ungladlyc1450 sparklinga1500 goggle1540 pinking1566 whally1590 vailed1591 unweeping1598 dejected1600 unwet1601 glossed1602 haggard1605 saucer-like1612 saucer1618 glaring1622 uncast1629 startling1648 poppinga1696 upraised1707 glancy1733 glazed1735 almond1786 open-eyed1799 bald1807 glazing1808 lustreless1810 unfathomable1817 vague1820 soulless1824 beady1826 socketless1833 fishy1836 glazy1838 popped1849 agoggled1860 uprolled1864 unfaceted1893 shoe-button1895 poppy1899 googly1901 slitty1908 bead-berry1923 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxi. 21 And looke my manly face, in thy sweet glaring eyes. 2. That gives out or reflects a dazzling light. Also of light, colours, etc.: Vivid, dazzling, excessively bright. ΘΚΠ 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 ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 104 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 233 He durst not counter with our King..For all the glaring [c1650 Percy gloring] goulde under God of heaven! 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 339 A phlegmaticke eye..abhorreth all manner of bright and glaring colours. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 32 The glaring Sun Breaks in at ev'ry Chink. 1739 J. Trapp Righteous Over-much 65 These Ignes Fatui, these glaring Meteors. 1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek i. 2 Reflected in gleams upon the glaring white fronts of the houses. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 2 As the midnight brightened into dawn, and the glaring lamps grew pale. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. x. 189 They had been traversing a bare, bleak, glaring, undulating plain. 3. That displays itself openly; obtrusively evident or conspicuous. Now chiefly with nouns which have a bad sense, as fault, falsehood, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] > strikingly notablea1398 staring?a1425 loud1535 gross1581 strong1583 signal1591 conspicuous1604 marked1620 remarked1623 ranka1640 signalized1652 bold1678 flaming1706 glaring1706 telegraphic1809 salient1841 howling1865 insistent1868 rampageous1889 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 42 A Man ought not to descend to a slavish and glaring Complaisance. a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 186 Such a glaring Proof of his Resurrection. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vii. 209 There were some few..incapable of discerning the force of equity, however glaring. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 57 To elude this glaring absurdity. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. ii. ii. 193 Let us notice some of the more glaring defects of the work. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 245 These glaring contradictions do not indeed affect the belief that there is some groundwork of fact for the story. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1563adj.c1405 |
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