释义 |
noun | verb glimpseglimpse1 /glɪmps/ ●●○ noun [countable] ► get/catch a glimpse of Fans waited to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars. ► brief/fleeting/quick glimpse We got a quick glimpse of the mountains before the clouds covered them again. 1a very quick look at someone or something that does not give you a complete view: get/catch a glimpse of Fans waited to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars.brief/fleeting/quick glimpse We got a quick glimpse of the mountains before the clouds covered them again.2a short experience of something that helps you begin to understand it: a glimpse of what life was like for the early settlers noun | verb glimpseglimpse2 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYglimpse2Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English glimsian VERB TABLEglimpse |
Present | I, you, we, they | glimpse | | he, she, it | glimpses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | glimpsed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have glimpsed | | he, she, it | has glimpsed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had glimpsed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will glimpse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have glimpsed |
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Present | I | am glimpsing | | he, she, it | is glimpsing | | you, we, they | are glimpsing | Past | I, he, she, it | was glimpsing | | you, we, they | were glimpsing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been glimpsing | | he, she, it | has been glimpsing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been glimpsing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be glimpsing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been glimpsing |
1to see someone or something for a moment, without getting a complete view SYN catch sight of something: We glimpsed the coastline through the clouds.2to begin to understand something for a moment: He glimpsed the despair that she must have felt. |