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glance at

/glans, glahns/US // glæns, glɑns //UK // (ɡlɑːns) //

瞥一眼,瞟一眼,纵览

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    glanced, glanc·ing.

    • : to look quickly or briefly.
    • : to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.
    • : to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle: The arrow glanced off his shield.
    • : to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing.
v.有主动词 verb
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    glanced, glanc·ing.Archaic.

    • : to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.
    • : to cast or reflect, as a gleam.
    • : to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. so that it glances off a surface or object.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a quick or brief look.
    • : a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light.
    • : a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.
    • : a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.
    • : Digital Technology. information on an electronic screen that can be understood quickly or at a glance: Get news and weather glances on your phone.Tap anywhere on a glance to open the app.
    • : Cricket. a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • This activity card shows users new, relevant listings that have been posted since the user last searched for a particular job, making it easier for jobseekers to tell whether new listings are available at a glance.

  • That’s a smart suggestion, and something I wish I’d thought to look at, although after taking a very brief glance at it now, I’m not sure how much it would have mattered.

  • Profile attributes appear in your GMB listing, local Knowledge Panel and the local 3-pack, and make details about how your business is operating available at a glance.

  • The best way to absorb that data is a quick glance at a chart or graph.

  • Still, you may one day pass a big rig and, with a startled glance into the cab, notice no one’s at the wheel.

  • The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.

  • In Greek mythology, the Gorgon Medusa had the face of a woman and poisonous snakes for hair; her glance could turn men to stone.

  • At first glance, it might be tempting to interpret this extravagant level of compensation as a victory for the once-humble intern.

  • It only takes one glance of Alton's Ebola Survival Handbook to recognize the real threat: him.

  • He was very sincere and nice, but I saw him glance at the pink moustache across my lip.

  • Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

  • At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.

  • Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

  • She glanced up at him softly, under long lashes,—a thrilling glance; but he missed its radiance, for his own eyes were far away.

  • Suddenly he shot a disturbing glance at Tressan's face, and the corner of his wild-cat mustachios twitched.