单词 | glare |
释义 | glare I. intransitive verb 1. a. < the heat was terrific, the pavements glared — Aldous Huxley > < the town was baking and glaring in the somniferous New York heat — Edmund Wilson > : shine with an intense disagreeable brightness < the sun glared down relentlessly > < a single naked bulb glared pitilessly in the center of the room > : shine blindingly < shielding our eyes as we crossed the white sand beach that blazed and glared > < miles of frozen snow that glared in the morning sunlight > b. archaic 2. < where two armies glare at each other across a geographical line — Lindesay Parrott > < glared at him as he walked in late > transitive verb 1. < glaring defiance at each other — J.B.Priestley > 2. archaic Synonyms: see blaze, gaze II. 1. a. (1) < the unshaded bulbs threw a cheap yellow glare over the walls — A.P.Gaskell > < the glare of publicity > specifically < the glare on the meadows was as blinding as if it shone on tin — Jean Stafford > (2) archaic b. < art was partly corrupted by the fondness for glare, expensiveness, and size — F.W.Farrar > 2. < the baleful glare of their eyes > < gave the jury a glare > III. IV. archaic variant of glair |
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