glance
verb
uk/ɡlɑːns/us/ɡlæns/glanceverb(LOOK)
B1[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to give aquickshortlook:
瞥一眼,迅速地看一眼,扫视She glancedaround/roundtheroomtoseewho was there.她扫视了一眼房间,看看谁在里面。
He glancedupfrom hisbookas Ipassed.我走过的时候,正埋头读书的他抬头瞥了我一眼。
Could you glanceover/throughthisletterandseeif it'salright?你能不能看一下这封信,看看写得行不行?
to look at someone or something
- lookLook over there! A rainbow!
- watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
- glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
- peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
- peekHe peeked inside the box.
- stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
- She glancednervouslyover hershoulderto makesureno oneelsewaslistening.
- I glanced at mywatchfor the 20thtimethatmorning.
- He glanced at hersidelongandsmiled.
- He glanced at theletterand thentossedit into thebin.
- He glancednervouslyat hiswatch.
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- saw
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab
glanceverb(SHINE)
[I+ adv/prep]literary
toshine,reflectlight, orsparkle:
闪耀,闪光,闪烁Thesunlightglancedonthelake.湖面上波光粼粼。
Giving out light
- afire
- albedo
- beam
- bioluminescence
- burnished
- candlelit
- flicker
- gleam
- glimmer
- glitter
- illuminate
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- out-glitter
- pearlescence
- reflected ray
- shine
- spotlight
- wink
glanceverb(HIT)
[T]sportsspecialized
Incricket, if abatterglances theball, theyhititquicklyandlightlyat anangleso that it goes behind them with only asmallchangeofdirection:
He glanced thedeliveryfor four.
She glanced a short-pitcheddeliverydown tofinelegfor asingle.
Cricket
- 12th man
- ash
- bailsphrase
- ball-tampering
- batting average
- bowlsomeoneout
- bowling
- cricketing
- cut
- declaration
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- hook
- leg before wicketidiom
- pace bowler
- six
- snick
- spin bowlerphrase
- test match
Phrasal verb
glance off(something)
glance
noun[C]
uk/ɡlɑːns/us/ɡlæns/B2
aquickshortlook:
瞥一眼,迅速地看一眼,扫视Shetook/casta glanceatherwatch.她看了一下手表。
at a glance
C1
immediately:
立刻He couldtellat a glance that something waswrong.他一眼就看出问题了。
at first glance
when firstlooking:
乍看之下,最初看到时At first glance Ithoughtit was adog(but I wasmistaken).乍一看我还以为是一条狗呢(但是我看走眼了)。
- Shethrewhim anangryandreprovingglance.
- He gave her asidelongglance.
- Istolea glance at mywatch.
- Annette was gettinglotsofadmiringglances in her newreddress.
- Theyexchangedconspiratorialglances, so Iknewthey wereplanningsomething.
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- saw
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab