| 单词 | glass |
| 释义 | glass (once / 70 pages) 1nv 2n Glass is the hard, transparent material that's used to make windows. While glass can be strong and sturdy, it's also brittle and can be broken easily by an errant baseball. Glass has all kinds of practical uses, from car windshields to greenhouse windows to jam jars to drinking glasses. When someone offers you a glass of water, they're referring to the vessel itself as a glass and also to amount it can hold — the glassful of liquid. The Old English source of glass is glæs, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root that means "to shine." WORD FAMILYglass: glass-like, glassed, glassful, glassing, glassless, glassy+/glassful: glassfuls/glassy: glassier, glassiest, glassily USAGE EXAMPLESHe built a spiral glass staircase in the double-height living room to create the effect of “walking on air,” he said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) The latest dictionary carries on that tradition, including words hot off the campaign trail, like “alt-right,” “election stress disorder,” “glass cliff” and “voter’s remorse.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) A bike lock in my messenger bag was handy while taking a break for a glass of local wine, enjoyed near the garden’s pond. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure Hypo|Hyper natural glass magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly milk glass, opal glassa milky white translucent or opaque glass optical glassclear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses crown glassa glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk soft glassglass having a relatively low softening point ground glassglass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching ground glassparticulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive lead glassglass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index laminated glass, safety glass, shatterproof glassglass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering sodium silicate, soluble glass, water glassa viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs stained glassglass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows wire glassa glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it Pyrexa borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry crystal, lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silicacolorless glass made of almost pure silica crown glass, optical crown, optical crown glassoptical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index flint glass, optical flintoptical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index tektitethought to derive from meteorites pastea hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry Tiffany glassa kind of opalescent colored glass that was used in the early 1900s for stained-glass windows and lamps solid matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure 2n glassware collectively She collected old glass Hyper glassware, glasswork an article of tableware made of glass 3n a container for holding liquids while drinking Syn|Hypo|Hyper drinking glass beer glass a relatively large glass for serving beer bumpera glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) gobleta drinking glass with a base and stem highball glassa tall glass for serving highballs liqueur glassa small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner) parfait glassa tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served rummera large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts schoonera large beer glass seidela glass for beer jigger, pony, shot glassa small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey brandy glass, brandy snifter, sniftera globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy tumblera glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom water glassa glass for drinking water wineglassa glass that has a stem and in which wine is served champagne flute, flute, flute glassa tall narrow wineglass container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 4n the quantity a glass will hold Syn|Hyper glassful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 5n a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror Syn|Hyper looking glass mirror polished surface that forms images by reflecting light 6n a small refracting telescope Syn|Hyper field glass, spyglass refracting telescope optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece 7v furnish with glass glass the windows Syn|Hypo|Hyper glaze double-glaze provide with two sheets of glass furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 8v enclose with glass glass in a porch Syn|Hyper glass in close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely 9v put in a glass container Hyper enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in introduce 10v scan (game in the forest) with binoculars Hyper scan examine minutely or intensely 11v become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance 2Syn|Hyper glass over, glaze, glaze over change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature n an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant Hyper controlled substance a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
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