glance

glance1
verb
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]
  1. take a brief or hurried look
    一瞥
    Ginny glanced at her watch.
    金妮瞥了一眼自己的表。
    ■(glance at/through)read quickly or cursorily
    匆匆（或粗略地）阅读，浏览
    I glanced through your personnel file last night.
    昨晚我粗略地看了一下你的人事档案。
  2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely
    偏斜地击中某物而斜弹开来
    he saw a stone glance off a crag and hit Tom on the head.
    他看到一块石头打到岩壁后弹开，击中了汤姆的头部。
    ■(especially of light) reflect off (something) with a brief flash
    （尤指光反射后）闪光；闪耀
    sunlight glanced off the curved body of a dolphin.
    阳光熠熠闪烁在海豚富有曲线的身体上。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of direction](in ball games) deflect (the ball) slightly with a delicate contact
    （球类运动中将球轻轻）擦过
    he glanced the ball into the right corner of the net.
    他将球轻轻擦过网的右角。
    ■[with obj.](Cricket)deflect (the ball) with the bat held slantwise; play such a stroke against (the bowler)
    (板球)斜击（球）；（朝投手）斜击一球
noun
  1. a brief or hurried look
    一瞥
    Sean and Michael exchanged glances.
    肖恩和迈克尔互递眼色。
  2. (poetic/literary)a flash or gleam of light
    (诗/文)（光的）闪烁，闪耀
  3. (Cricket)a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly
    (板球)斜击
常用词组
at a glance
  1. immediately upon looking
    （看）一眼（就）；马上
    she saw at a glance what had happened.
    她一眼就看出发生了什么事。
at first glance
  1. when seen or considered for the first time, especially briefly
    乍看上去，第一眼就；乍一想
    good news, at first glance, for frequent travellers.
    乍一看，对常出门的人来说是好事。
glance one's eye
  1. (archaic)look briefly
    (古)浏览，扫视
    glancing his severe eye around the group.
    他严厉地扫视了一下这群人。
派生
glancingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'rebound obliquely'): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier 'to slip', from glace 'ice', based on Latin glacies
glance2
noun
  1. [mass noun]a shiny black or grey sulphide ore of lead, copper, or other metal
    （铅、铜或其他金属的）辉矿类，硫化矿类
语源
  1. late Middle English: from German Glanz 'brightness, lustre'; compare with Dutch glanserts 'glance ore'
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