单词 | glimpse |
释义 | glimpsen. 1. a. A momentary shining, a flash. literal and figurative. Now somewhat archaic and with mixture of sense 3 the glimpses of the moon (Shakespeare): the earth by night; often quoted in wider sense, sublunary scenes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [noun] all the worldeOE mouldOE worldOE earthOE earthricheOE foldOE worldricheOE motherOE wonec1275 mound?a1300 wildernessa1340 mappemondea1393 lower worlda1398 the whole worlda1513 orba1550 the (also this) globe1553 the earthly globe1553 mother earth1568 the glimpses of the moon1603 universe1630 outer world1661 terrene1667 Orphic egg1684 Midgard1770 all outdoors1833 Planet Earth1858 overworld1911 Spaceship Earth1966 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 34 What may this meane, That thou..Reuissets thus the glimses of the Moone. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 33 His staring eyes did glowe..their glimpse did showe Like Cockatrices eyes. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 6 in Poems No dear glimpse of the Suns lovely face, Strikes through the Solid darkness of the place. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 181 They that held the Stars of heaven were but rayes and flashing glimpses of the Empyreall light, through holes and perforations of the upper heaven. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 214 One glimpse of Glory to my Issue give. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 187 A glimpse of the moon showed the dark and huge tower. 1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 886/2 English Crackenthorpius..though buried for two centuries, will revisit the glimpses of the moon. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek i. 1 There had been glimpses of starlight in the intervals of the shifting spring storms. 1844 J. G. Whittier Bridal of Pennacook 62 Sweet human faces, white clouds of the noon, Slant starlight glimpses through the dewy leaves. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 173 We climb'd The slope to Vivian-place, and turning saw..; The shimmering glimpses of a stream. b. A moment. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 a1824 Ld. Byron Childe Harold i, in Wks. (1837) 5/2 Pleased for a glimpse appear'd the woeful Childe. 2. a. A faint and transient appearance. †Also, an occasionally perceptible resemblance; a tinge or trace (of a quality). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of some quality > slight gleam?c1225 glimpsea1547 suspicion1565 umber1573 umbrage1604 umbrationa1706 shima1800 a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 10 Revyved with a glyns of grace olde sorowes to let fall. a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 147 God would manifest his glory vnto him..by a glympse or imperfect representation. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 24 There is no man hath a vertue, that he hath not a glimpse of. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §33 There is not any creature that hath so neere a glympse of their [spirits'] nature, as light in the Sunne and Elements. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 93 In his face The glimpses of his Fathers glory shine. View more context for this quotation a1704 T. Brown 1st Satyr Persius Imitated in Wks. (1707) I. i. 78 A glimps of Human Stamp it has. 1836 R. W. Emerson Nature viii. 86 Imperfect theories, and sentences, which contain glimpses of truth. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 185 If old things, there are new; Ten thousand broken lights and shapes, Yet glimpses of the true. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > mere appearance shroudc1175 frontc1374 appearancec1384 countenance?c1425 fard1540 show1547 habit1549 outside1578 glimpse1579 superficies?1589 species1598 out-term1602 paint1608 surface1613 superfice1615 umbrage1639 superficials1652 semblance1843 outer womana1845 outward man1846 patina1957 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 603/2 Men, yt neuer did any thing worth in their life, but only in a glimce & shew. 3. a. A momentary and imperfect view (of), a passing glance. (The current sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse sightc1275 gliff1570 glemish1576 glent?1577 glimpse1580 interview1610 catch1775 styme1776 vizy1785 peep1793 snatch1816 waff1818 glint1838 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 72v The Basilike, whose eyes procure delight to the looker at the first glymse, and death at the second glaunce. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 208 Here and there one or other had a glimpse of him as he did make his escape out of Mansoul. View more context for this quotation 1726 A. Pope Corr. 3 Sept. (1956) II. 395 I had a glympse of a letter of yours lately. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 10 Hoping to obtain a glimpse of Ellena at a lattice. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 18 I had a glimpse of two or three half-naked wretches, rushing from her cabin. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 13 At one point a glimpse is caught of the whole of Coniston Lake. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun] glimmeringc1380 glimpse1570 impression1613 sense1655 idea1712 conception1796 feeling1811 glimmer1837 a gleam (also glint, twinkle) in a person's eye1934 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biiijv To wynne a glyms (as it were,) or shaddow of perceiuerance. 1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 221 Seene but a glims of this which I pretend. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 117 Of this ioy, thy dazled eyes might haue some glimpses. 1681 R. Wittie Οὐρανοσκοπια 36 From the Contemplation of the Heavens..we have some glimpse of God's Infinity. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 282 Those..cannot have the least Glimpse of the Subject before us. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. viii. 194 Not a glimpse can you get of the merits or defects of the performers. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §4. 188 Whenever we get a glimpse of the inner history of an English town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glimpsev. 1. a. intransitive. To shine faintly or intermittently; to glimmer, glitter. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker shimmera1100 blenk1303 leamc1330 blysnec1400 glimmerc1400 glimpsec1400 glintc1440 glim1481 lemyrea1500 glimster1565 glance1568 flicker1608 simper1633 gloat1644 gleen1662 shimper1674 blink1786 skimmer1788 flash1791 sheen1812 glinter1851 flimmer1880 c1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. xx. 252 Hure fon were loþ to loke on snou þat was so whit Þat glymsede on hare eyȝen. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 17 In my hert her eye Hath made her thought appere By glimsing with such grace. 1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation Pref. 2 No sooner did the beames of his Gospell beginne to glimpse and breake foorth. 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. E Little glow-wormes, glimpsing in the darke. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 181 The Law of God, which glimpsed in their hearts. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xxxiii. 307 Some discern some light thereof glimpsing from the precedent verses. 1843 Ld. Houghton Moon of South in Mem. Many Scenes 69 I have watched the shapes thy glory made, Glimpsing like starlight through the massive pine. b. To come into view; to appear faintly; to dawn. Now only poetic or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. N 2v Deformed shadowes glimpsing in his sight, As though darcknes, for the more darcke would bee, Through those poore Crannells forc'd her selfe to see. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. xlvi. 170 Then glimpst the hopefull morrow. 1853 J. G. Whittier Chapel of Hermits & Other Poems 11 Yet, sometimes glimpses on my sight, Through present wrong, the eternal right. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 90 Come dusky masses glimpsing through the night. 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 103 The intervening plain glimpsed nearer. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [verb (intransitive)] > see indistinctly glimpsec1386 glimmer1579 c1386 [implied in: G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1139 Ye han som glimsing and no parfit sighte. (at glimpsing n.)]. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 30v I se but halfe glyncynge at myddyl noone [L. cæcutio]. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To glimpse or blinde the sight. 4. To give a glimpse of. Also with out. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > slightly beak?c1225 peekc1460 peepa1475 peer1568 glimpse1663 teeta1866 1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 6 The twilight of darkned reason glimsing to man, that impressa of the divine Image. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life ii. 15 Now to glimpse out..the unspeakable felicity of that state of Christ. 1888 Science 11 257/1 The psychology of the developing child, glimpsing as it does..the microcosm of the race and an epitome of the struggle for civilization. 5. To catch a glimpse of (either a material or immaterial object); to see by glimpses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of underyetec1000 aspya1250 kenc1275 ofyetec1275 choosea1300 akenc1300 descrivec1300 ofkenc1300 readc1300 espyc1320 descryc1330 spyc1380 discernc1405 discover1553 scan1558 scry1558 decern1559 describe1574 to make out1575 escry1581 interview1587 display1590 to set sight of (in)c1595 sight1602 discreevec1650 glance1656 to catch a glimpse of1679 steal1731 oversee1735 glimpse1779 twig1796 to clap eyes on1838 spot1848 sky1900 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 292 Sometimes Rajah Moodo would ask the Spanish envoy and me to talk about religion; glimpsing in some things the difference between Romish and Protestant. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 503 She glimpsed the peak of my mitre in the waters. 1851 J. Hamilton Royal Preacher (1854) xx. 257 His penetrating eye can glimpse the tokens of a bright Epiphany. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows I. 5 I seem to glimpse something of this familiar weakness in Mr. White. 1879 Lockyer in Nature 6 Nov. 8/1 It will..be granted that an inorganic evolution is already glimpsed. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham x. 187 Her face, glimpsed now and then in the moonlight..had a fascination which kept his eye. 6. intransitive. To cast a passing glance. Const. at, upon; also with adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > glance at overglance1598 squint1652 glimpse1833 1833 C. Lamb Let. 29 Nov. (1935) III. 391 When I came home I read your letter, and glimpsed at your beautiful sonnet. 1833 J. G. Whittier Ex. New Eng. Leg. 13 No more the unquiet churchyard dead Glimpse upward from their turfy bed. 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 286 Glimpsing through, you see that a cottager's life must be the very plainest and homeliest that ever was lived by man and woman. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. vi. 130 Here glimpse upon the soul-imagined shores. Derivatives glimpsed adj. ΚΠ 1649 R. Dingley (title) Messiah's Splendor; or, the Glimpsed Glory of a Beauteous Christ. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 156 By indistinct and half-glimps'd images. ˈglimpser n. one who glimpses. ΚΠ 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 77 Hear it ye glimpsers into Almacks! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1547v.c1386 |
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