| 单词 | glance |
| 释义 | glance 1. v. & n. --v 1. intr. (often foll. by down, up, etc.) cast a momentary look (glanced up at the sky). 2. intr. (often foll. by off) (esp. of a weapon) glide or bounce (off an object). 3. intr. (usu. foll. by over, off, from) (of talk or a talker) pass quickly over a subject or subjects (glanced over the question of payment). 4. intr. (of a bright object or light) flash, dart, or gleam; reflect (the sun glanced off the knife). 5. tr. (esp. of a weapon) strike (an object) obliquely. 6. tr. Cricket deflect (the ball) with an oblique stroke. --n 1. (usu. foll. by at, into, over, etc.) a brief look (took a glance at the paper; threw a glance over her shoulder). 2. a a flash or gleam (a glance of sunlight). b a sudden movement producing this. 3. a swift oblique movement or impact. 4. Cricket a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball. Phrases and idioms at a glance immediately upon looking. glance at 1. give a brief look at. 2. make a passing and usu. sarcastic allusion to. glance one's eye (foll. by at, over, etc.) look at briefly (esp. a document). glance over (or through) read cursorily. Derivatives glancingly adv. Etymology: ME glence etc., prob. a nasalized form of obs. glace in the same sense, f. OF glacier to slip: see GLACIS 2. n. any lustrous sulphide ore (copper glance; lead glance). Etymology: G Glanz lustre |
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