glance

/ɡlɑːns/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

瞥一眼；匆匆看；一瞥；匆匆一看

释义与例句

v. 瞥一眼；匆匆看
to look quickly at somebody or something and then look away
  1. She glanced at her phone during the meeting.
    开会时她瞥了一眼手机。
  2. He glanced over his shoulder before crossing the road.
    过马路前，他回头快速看了一眼。
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  1. I only glanced through the report this morning.
    今天早上我只是粗略浏览了一下这份报告。
n. 一瞥；匆匆一看
a quick look at somebody or something
  1. A quick glance at the map told us we were lost.
    匆匆看一眼地图，我们就知道自己迷路了。
  2. The two friends exchanged knowing glances.
    两位朋友会意地对视了一眼。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. At first glance, the problem seems simple.
    乍一看，这个问题似乎很简单。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 glance 是短暂的“一瞥”，gaze 是持续的“凝视”；at first glance 表示“乍一看”。

词族与关联词

同义词
  • glimpse 一瞥；短暂看见
    glance 通常指主动、迅速地看一眼；glimpse 强调偶然或短暂地看见，可能只是一部分，常用 catch a glimpse of。
    We caught a glimpse of the deer between the trees. 我们瞥见树丛间有一只鹿。
反义词
  • gaze 凝视
    He gazed at the painting for several minutes. 他凝视那幅画好几分钟。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • glare 怒视；刺眼的光
    glance 指短暂的一瞥；glare 指愤怒地瞪视或刺眼的强光，二者拼写相近但含义不同。
    The driver was dazzled by the glare of the headlights. 司机被车前灯的强光照得睁不开眼。
常见搭配
  • at a glance 一眼看去；一目了然地
    The chart lets you compare the results at a glance. 这张图表让你一眼就能比较各项结果。
  • at first glance 乍一看
    At first glance, the two proposals appear identical. 乍一看，这两项提议似乎完全相同。
  • glance through 快速浏览
    She glanced through the article before class. 上课前她快速浏览了这篇文章。