| 单词 | glance at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto glance at (upon, †against) 3. With reference to discourse: To pass quickly over, glide from, off (a subject). to glance at (upon, †against): to allude or refer to obliquely or in passing, usually by way of censure or satire; to hit at, reflect upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > move off (a topic) glance1570 society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Yet will I glanse ouer it, with wordes very few. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. B3v Thus Gentlemen I haue glaunst at the Barnards Law. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 306 To call him villaine; and then to glance from him, To th' Duke himselfe, to taxe him with Iniustice? View more context for this quotation 1621 T. W. in tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard To Rdr. sig. A iv The wise Old Man..seemes to glance at our English Proverb: No foole to the old foole. 1672–3 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 40 Whatsoever may have glanced upon him, was directed only to our Author. 1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 64 Verses..wherein he glanced at a certain Reverend Doctor. 1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 47 119 The discourse mostly glanced upon the corruption of Manners and Morals among the Romans. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table vi. 174 I glanced off, as one often does in talk. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iv. 39 Words which glance upon the purity of justice. to glance at 5. Of the eye: To move quickly, to cast a momentary look, to flash. Also said of the person looking; esp. to glance at, to give a brief look at; to glance over, to look quickly over, to read hurriedly (also to glance through); and with various prepositions and adverbs, as to glance down, up, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb] > to browse rapidly or omit passages overrunOE skip1526 to glance over1582 to look inside ——1591 to look into ——1624 to glance through1865 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly glent1303 gliffc1330 gleam1340 blenka1375 keekc1405 glidec1425 gliffen1489 runa1500 glish1570 glance1582 to glance one's eye, look1590 blink1592 squint1610 reflect1611 teet1710 glisk1720 glint1888 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 37 In this wise musing myn eye glaunst to my coompanye fensiue. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 246 They that glaunce at honor [Fr. qui iettent legerement les yeux à l'honneur], as if that were vertue it selfe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 13 The Poets eye..doth glance From heauen to earth. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 293 The eyes..loosly swimming in pleasure, glancing and (to speake so) venereall. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 110 A horseman..gave a letter. Claverhouse glanced it over. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 53 A bright beautiful face glanced out at the window, and vanished. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 396 Some of those who glance over these pages, may have been the ‘sons and daughters of affliction’. 1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xvi. 252 Her eye glanced on something which made her change colour. 1843 W. H. Ainsworth Windsor Castle i. iii The duke..was glancing rather wistfully at them. 1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod ii. xviii Every now and then glancing up at her from her work. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's (1866) xxx. 181 Mrs Sherman and the party..glanced off their cards and chatted. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's (1866) xxx. 187 She glanced up at the clock. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's (1866) xxxiii. 208 He would..open her books, and glance through them for some trace of her in them. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 80 We crept..cautiously along..glancing down the mighty cliffs beneath us. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner I. v. 96 He did not glance round as the manager entered. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner III. vi. 139 ‘No,’ she agreed, glancing nervously around her. 1881 J. Fothergill Kith & Kin I. ii. 22 She..glanced for a moment into his face. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 147 Glancing very keenly across at me. 1902 R. Machray Night Side of London v. 93 You indulge in pleasant little dreams, or glance away from what may become a tragedy. 1907 Smart Set Jan. 54 Her brother-in-law glanced after her. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) ii. i. 57 As she talks, she glances everywhere except at any of their faces. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) ii. ii. 70 He glances away, ignoring her question. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) iv. 132 He glances up at the chandelier disapprovingly. a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) iv. 152 She glances around vaguely. < as lemmas |
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