| 单词 | glassy |
| 释义 | glassy (once / 2188 pages) 1adj 2adj If your eyes are glassy, they're lifeless, glazed and emotionless. A stuffed teddy bear has glassy eyes, and so does an overtired toddler. You might spend a glassy-eyed hour every morning before you've completely woken up and are ready to start your day. You can also describe shiny, glossy substances as glassy: "The glassy surface of the ice-covered sidewalk made her walk with tiny, careful steps." Glassy comes from the Old English glæs, "glass," and its Proto-Indo-European root ghel-, "to shine." WORD FAMILYglassy: glassier, glassiest, glassily+/glass: glass-like, glassed, glassful, glassing, glassless, glassy/glassful: glassfuls USAGE EXAMPLESAfter estimating sulfur's crystallization rate, they could then compare how much was preserved in the glassy blobs to the amount of uranium. Science Magazine(Nov 30, 2016) Jeff Barker sat on the curb outside a shelter Tuesday afternoon, his eyes bloodshot and glassy with tears. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Seattle is crane city, a tech-fueled construction site of glassy high-rises. Seattle Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1 adj (used of eyes) lacking liveliness 2a glassy stare Syn glazed empty holding or containing nothing 1adj resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness the glassy surface of the lake "the pavement was... glassy with water"- Willa Cather Syn smooth having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities 2adj (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it glassy porcelain Syn vitreous, vitrified glazed, shiny having a shiny surface or coating |
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