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单词 side-glancing
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side-glancingadj.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪdˌɡlɑːnsɪŋ/, /ˈsʌɪdˌɡlansɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌɡlænsɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: side n.1, glancing adj.
Etymology: < side n.1 + glancing adj. Compare side-glance v. and earlier side glance n.
Of a look or glance: directed sideways. Of a person, the eye: that glances sideways.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking sideways
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gloating1602
by-peepinga1616
side-glancinga1794
side-looking1829
a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 249 His sad head he shook, And cast on sweet Kitty a side-glancing look.
1898 M. M. Dowie Crook of Bough viii. 64 Trios of archly side-glancing ladies with big heads and oxey eyes sauntered opposite the more crowded seats.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 35 A big..man, whose little side-glancing eyes seemed always alert for scandal.
2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Mar. 30 The Cobbe portrait..bears a likeness to other reputed Shakespeare portraits—that lengthy nose, those side-glancing eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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