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单词 overglance
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overglancev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈɡlɑːns/, /ˌəʊvəˈɡlans/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡlæns/
Forms: see over- prefix and glance v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, glance v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + glance v.1 Compare to glance over (see glance v.1).
Now rare.
transitive. To glance over; to cast an eye over; to consider in a superficial manner.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > glance at
overglance1598
squint1652
glimpse1833
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 130 I will ouerglaunce [1623 ouerglance] the superscript. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 78 I haue but with a curselarie eye O're-glanc't the Articles. View more context for this quotation
1883 Cent. Mag. 25 859 The eye that overglances the..sunny leagues of surrounding distance.
a1909 G. C. Lodge Ad Servam Sapphics in Poems & Dramas (1911) I. 189 Still was rest withholden and, pale and lidless, Sleep overglanced me.
1992 Representations 38. 153 Renoir..focuses on a question that Marx overglances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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