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单词 glance off
释义

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]
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Examples of 'glance off' in a sentence
glance off

The sunlight glancing off their glossy plumage made them all look a shining white.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ball glanced off the inside of the woodwork before finding the net.
The Sun (2007)
We putt, watching our balls wobble toward the hole, glancing off bits of ice along the way.
Globe and Mail (2003)
The ball missed the strings and glanced off the metal frame, slamming into his left eye.
canada.com (2004)
By then we were already climbing after a predawn start, our torchlight glancing off the frozen stream.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)

Synonyms of 'glance off'

graze, brush, bounce, rebound
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Chinese translation of 'glance off'

glance off

vt fus

  1. 擦过(過) (cāguò)
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Nearby words of
glance off

  • glamorous
  • glamour
  • glance
  • glance off
  • gland
  • glare
  • glaring
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to be deflected off an object at an oblique angle
The ball glanced off my left shoulder.
Synonyms
graze
A bullet had grazed his arm.
brush
I felt her hair brushing the back of my shoulder.
bounce
The ball bounced past the right-hand post.
rebound
skim
seagulls skimming over the waves
ricochet
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Additional synonyms

in the sense of bounce
Definition
(of a ball, etc.) to rebound from an impact
The ball bounced past the right-hand post.
Synonyms
rebound,
return,
thump,
recoil,
ricochet,
spring back,
resile
in the sense of brush
Definition
to touch lightly and briefly
I felt her hair brushing the back of my shoulder.
Synonyms
touch,
come into contact with,
sweep,
kiss,
stroke,
glance,
flick,
scrape,
graze,
caress
in the sense of rebound
Definition
the act of rebounding
Synonyms
bounce,
return,
comeback (informal),
repercussion,
kickback,
ricochet

Synonyms of 'glance off'

glance off

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of skim
Definition
to glide smoothly over (a surface)
seagulls skimming over the waves
Synonyms
glide,
fly,
coast,
plane,
sail,
float,
brush,
dart,
scud
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