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• v. n. 一瞥
• ［英］ 瞥一眼, 看一下 ( take a quick look) 闪烁 ( of bright objects flash)
• ［类］ 反义词: peruse ( 细读) ; scrutiny ( 详细审查)
• ［例］ glance one's watch

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (glanced; glancing)

• Etymology: Middle English glencen, glenchen
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle <the bullet glanced off the wall>
  • 2.
    • a. to make sudden quick movements <dragonflies glancing over the pond>
    • b. to flash or gleam with quick intermittent rays of light <brooks glancing in the sun>
  • 3. to touch on a subject or refer to it briefly or indirectly <the work glances at the customs of ancient cultures>
  • 4.
    • a. of the eyes to move swiftly from one thing to another
    • b. to take a quick look at something <glanced at his watch>
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic
    • a. to take a quick look at
    • b. to catch a glimpse of
  • 2. to give an oblique path of direction to:
    • a. to throw or shoot so that the object glances from a surface
    • b. archaic to aim (as an innuendo) indirectly ; insinuate
• ? glancer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1503
• 1.
  • a. a quick intermittent flash or gleam
  • b. archaic a sudden quick movement
• 2.
  • a. archaic a rapid oblique movement
  • b. a deflected impact or blow
• 3.
  • a. a swift movement of the eyes
  • b. a quick or cursory look
• 4. archaic
  • a. a brief satirical reference to something ; gibe
  • b. allusion

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