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glance

释义

glance

noun countable

UK /ɡlɑːns/

Word Forms

singular	glance
plural	glances

1
a quick look at someone or something
cast/shoot/throw a glance (at):
The other wives cast sidelong glances at me.
without a backward glance:
Rob turned and marched off without a backward glance.
exchange glances:
The girls exchanged nervous glances.
Synonyms and related words
Looks and sights
look
sight
glance
Collocates
Adjectives frequently used with glance
▪ admiring, amused, backward, brief, curious, cursory, furtive, quick, sharp, sidelong, sideways, warning

phrases

at a glance

give/take/have a glance (at)

glance

noun countable

US /ɡlæns/

Word Forms

singular	glance
plural	glances

1
a quick look at someone or something
cast/shoot/throw a glance (at):
The other wives cast sidelong glances at me.
exchange glances:
The girls exchanged nervous glances.
without a backward glance:
Rob turned and marched off without a backward glance.
Synonyms and related words
Looks and sights
look
sight
glance
Collocates
Adjectives frequently used with glance
▪ admiring, amused, backward, brief, curious, cursory, furtive, quick, sharp, sidelong, sideways, warning

phrases

at a glance

give/take/have a glance (at)

glance

verb intransitive

UK /ɡlɑːns/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	glance
he/she/it	glances
present participle	glancing
past tense	glanced
past participle	glanced

1
to look somewhere quickly and then look away
glance at/over/toward etc:
He glanced over his shoulder nervously.
I glanced up to see Guido watching me from the window.
Robin glanced around the room.
‘I must go,’ Claudia said, glancing at her watch.
Synonyms and related words
To look at someone or something quickly
glance
dart
peep
2
to read something quickly and not very carefully
glance at/through:
I hadn’t even glanced at the report.
Synonyms and related words
To read something quickly
glance
skim
flick through

phrasal verbs

glance off

glance

verb intransitive

US /ɡlæns/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	glance
he/she/it	glances
present participle	glancing
past tense	glanced
past participle	glanced

1
to look somewhere quickly and then look away
glance at/over/toward etc.:
He glanced over his shoulder nervously.
I glanced up to see Guido watching me from the window.
Robin glanced around the room.
“I have to go,” Jen said, glancing at her watch.
Synonyms and related words
To look at someone or something quickly
glance
dart
peep
2
to read something quickly and not very carefully
glance at/through:
I hadn’t even glanced at the report.
Synonyms and related words
To read something quickly
glance
scan
skim

phrasal verbs

glance off

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