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单词 glance
释义
glance
(glɑːns , glæns )
Word forms: glances , glancing , glanced
1. verb B1
If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
He glanced at his watch. [VERB preposition/adverb]
I glanced back. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: peek, look, view, check  
2. verb B2
If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.
I picked up the phone book and glanced through it. [VERB + through]
I never even glanced at the political page of a daily paper. [VERB + at]
Synonyms: scan, browse, dip into, leaf through  
3. countable noun B2
A glance is a quick look at someone or something.
Trevor and I exchanged a glance.
...stealing a quick glance at her watch.
Synonyms: peek, look, glimpse, peep  
4. at a glance phrase
If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person.
5. at first glance phrase
If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
Synonyms: on the surface, apparently, seemingly, at first sight  
6. to steal a glance phrase
If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
He stole a glance at the clock behind her. [+ at]
Phrasal verbs:
glance off
phrasal verb
If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.
My fist glanced off his jaw. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Idioms:
at first glance
said when you are describing your first impression of someone or something, especially when you know that this first impression was wrong or incomplete
The difficulty comes when two people, who appeared at first glance to have so much in common, discover that they have simply grown apart.
Collocations:
admiring glance
Her new car drew admiring glances from passers-by.
The Sun (2013)
' Women would cast admiring glances at me', he said.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
The boiler suit will earn admiring glances from your fellow fashionistas.
The Sun (2014)
cast a glance
Now and then they would cast envious glances at the empty seats behind them.
The Sun (2011)
The steady stream of tourists barely cast a glance at the grey stone town house as they flock towards Buckingham Palace.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The voice drops to a conspiratorial whisper and nervous glances are cast over shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
cursory glance
He gives me a cursory glance.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But again, our man walked through without a single cursory glance.
The Sun (2006)
A cursory glance at the two players summed up what it had all been about.
The Sun (2011)
glance nervously
She glanced nervously in the direction of the door, as if she feared that her mother might overhear.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN (2002)
As Mike walked over to the nearest wall-mounted phone, I glanced nervously into the treatment area.
Pritchard, John NIGHT SISTERS (2002)
The lighted streets and buildings confused him with their unnaturalness and he found himself glancing nervously, ridiculously, at the sky.
Ross, Melville LOHENGRIN
meaningful glance
But beware, there's a fine line between meaningful glances and polite interest - so tread carefully.
The Sun
This lot seem to be better at exchanging meaningful glances and welcoming someone from their past back into the surgery than actual doctoring.
The Sun
They began nodding enthusiastically and exchanging meaningful glances.
The Sun
The others give him meaningful glances, acknowledging what had just happened.
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mere glance
With a mere glance he gave you goosebumps and made your blood run cold.
The Sun
This turns us into needy, imitative creatures, easily bruised by a mere glance from another person, or raised aloft by the barest nod of approval.
The Times Literary Supplement
A mere glance at the titles listed here will be sufficient to show the variety and complexity of the democratic life of our country.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
A mere glance reveals the difference.
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nervous glance
They shared nervous glances.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Within an hour, the nervous glances have vanished.
The Sun (2013)
The voice drops to a conspiratorial whisper and nervous glances are cast over shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
occasional glance
The occasional glance in a mirror, or every shop window, car wing mirror and soup spoon?
The Sun
The occasional glance every few strokes should do.
Times, Sunday Times
They looked at me only with occasional glances before they moved quietly away.
Times, Sunday Times
He lies prostrate on the floor, demonstrating how he spent the subsequent hours stealing occasional glances under the curtain.
Times, Sunday Times
quick glance
I had a quick glance around and I knew I had time.
The Sun (2014)
He'll have a chat and a quick glance around the house to confirm all is OK.
The Sun (2016)
The front is not as symmetrical as it appears at a quick glance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
sidelong glance
He sent me a sidelong glance, full of beefy arrogance, and stayed just where he was.
Times, Sunday Times
There was no hint yesterday, despite the friendly sidelong glances, that this was about to change.
Times, Sunday Times
You want to park and watch passers-by give it sidelong glances?
Times, Sunday Times
Between each noisy advance and each indignant rejection, sidelong glances are sneaked.
Times, Sunday Times
It's like a sidelong glance.
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sideways glance
I shot them a sideways glance, confused.
No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
But sideways glances while talking could make you look shifty.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Ask them to discuss any of the new songs and instantly the sideways glances are cast.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
single glance
There is another flower called barren strawberry which is very similar, but which can nevertheless be distinguished by a single glance at the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was a relief and rather an anticlimax when the yawning official stamped my passport without a single glance at my stuff.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
A single glance shows that the man is far beyond medical help, his face mustard yellow above a salt-and-pepper suit.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Translations:
Chinese: 一瞥, 扫视
Japanese: ちらっと見ること, ちらっと見る
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