| 单词 | glance |
| 释义 | Word Frequency glance 1(ɡlɑːns) verb 1. (intransitive) to look hastily or briefly 2. (intr; foll by over, through, etc) to look over briefly to glance through a report 3. (intransitive) to reflect, glint, or gleam the sun glanced on the water 4. (intransitive; usually foll by off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle the arrow glanced off the tree 5. (transitive) to strike at an oblique angle the arrow glanced the tree noun ▶ USAGE Glance is sometimes wrongly used where glimpse is meant: he caught a glimpse (not glance) of her making her way through the crowd6. a hasty or brief look; peep 7. at a glance 8. a flash or glint of light; gleam 9. the act or an instance of an object glancing or glancing off another 10. a brief allusion or reference 11. cricket a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide Derived forms glancing (ˈglancing) adjective glancingly (ˈglancingly) adverb Word origin C15: modification of glacen to strike obliquely, from Old French glacier to slide (see glacis); compare Middle English glenten to make a rapid sideways movement, glintWord Frequency glance 2(ɡlɑːns) noun any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide copper glance Word origin C19: from German Glanz brightness, lustre |
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