Glare



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• v. 发出眩目光芒; 怒目而视
• ［英］ v. 发出眩目光芒 ( to shine with dazzling light) ; 怒目而视 ( to stare fiercely or angrily)
• ［类］ cacophony : sound / glare : light ( 刺耳形容声音 / 眩目形容光)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (glared; glaring)

• Etymology: Middle English glaren; akin to Old English gl?s glass
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
    • b. stand out, obtrude
  • 2. to stare angrily or fiercely
• transitive verb
  • 1. to express (as hostility) by staring angrily
  • 2. archaic to cause to be sharply reflected

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a harsh uncomfortably bright light <the glare of a neon sign><the glare of publicity>; especially painfully bright sunlight
  • b. cheap showy brilliance ; garishness
• 2. an angry or fierce stare
• 3. a surface or sheet of smooth and slippery ice

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