glance

verb

/ɡlɑːns/

/ɡlæns/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they glance	/ɡlɑːns/ /ɡlæns/
he / she / it glances	/ˈɡlɑːnsɪz/ /ˈɡlænsɪz/
past simple glanced	/ɡlɑːnst/ /ɡlænst/
past participle glanced	/ɡlɑːnst/ /ɡlænst/
-ing form glancing	/ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ/ /ˈɡlænsɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to look quickly at something/somebody瞥一眼；匆匆一看；扫视
- She glanced at her watch.她匆匆看了看表。
- He glanced around the room.他环视了一下房间。
- I glanced up quickly to see who had come in.我迅速抬头瞥了一眼看是谁进来了。
- At that moment she happened to glance up.那时她碰巧抬头瞥了一眼。
- He glanced covertly at his watch.他偷偷地看了一下手表。
- He glanced curiously around him.他好奇地扫视着四周。
- He glanced towards the kitchen.他朝厨房看去。
- He turned to glance in our direction.他转身向我们这边看了一眼。
- Norton glanced sharply at him.诺顿以犀利的目光瞥了他一眼。
- She barely glanced at him.她几乎看都不看他一眼。
- She glanced across to where the others were standing chatting.她朝站着聊天的其他人那边看过去。
- She glanced nervously over her shoulder.她紧张地向身后看了一眼。
- glancing curiously about him好奇地扫了他一眼
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- briefly
- quickly
- sharply
- …
verb + glance
- pause to
- turn to
- happen to
- …
preposition
- about
- around
- round
- …
[intransitive] glance at/down/over/through something to read something quickly and not carefully or completely浏览；粗略地看 synonym scan
- I only had time to glance at my emails.我只有时间浏览我的电子邮件。
- He glanced briefly down the list of names.他草草看了一遍名单。
- She glanced through the report.她浏览了一下报告。
- She glanced through the report on the way to the meeting.在去开会的路上，她大致浏览了一下报告。
- She glanced briefly at his lapel badge.她扫了一眼他翻领上的徽章。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- briefly
- quickly
- sharply
- …
verb + glance
- pause to
- turn to
- happen to
- …
preposition
- about
- around
- round
- …

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘rebound obliquely’): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.

glance

noun

/ɡlɑːns/

/ɡlæns/

Idioms

glance (at somebody/something) a quick look匆匆一看；一瞥；扫视
- to take/have a glance at the newspaper headlines匆匆看一眼报纸的大标题
- a cursory/brief/casual/furtive glance草草的／短暂的／不经意的／偷偷的一瞥
- The sisters exchanged glances (= looked at each other).姐妹俩相互对视了一下。
- She shot him a sideways glance.她从眼角瞥了他一眼。
- He walked away without a backward glance.他头也不回地扬长而去。
- She stole a glance (= looked secretly) at her watch.她偷偷看了看表。
Synonyms look
look
- glance
- gaze
- stare
- glimpse
- glare
These are all words for an act of looking, when you turn your eyes in a particular direction.
- look an act of looking at somebody/something:
  Here, have a look at this.来，看一看这个。
- glance a quick look:
  She stole a glance at her watch.她偷偷看了看表。
- gaze a long, steady look at somebody/something:
  She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.她在他凝视的目光下感到很尴尬。
- stare a long look at somebody/something, especially in a way that is unfriendly or that shows surprise:
  She gave the officer a blank stare and shrugged her shoulders.她面无表情地盯着那个军官，耸了耸肩。
- glimpse a look at somebody/something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely:
  He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.他在人群里一眼瞥见了她。
- glare a long, angry look at somebody/something:
  She fixed her questioner with a hostile glare.她带着敌意瞪着向她提问的人。
Patterns
- a look/glance at somebody/something
- a penetrating/piercing look/glance/gaze/stare
- a long look/glance/stare
- a brief look/glance/glimpse
- to have/get/take a look/glance/glimpse
- to avoid somebody’s glance/gaze/stare
- He stole a sidelong glance at the young woman sitting next to him on the train.在火车上他偷偷地瞟了一眼坐在身旁的年轻女子。
- After a cursory glance at the report he frowned.他草草看了一下报告，皱起了眉头。
- He gave her a mocking glance.他嘲讽地瞥了她一眼。
- He ignored my glance of disapproval.他没有理会我不赞同的一瞥。
- He kept throwing nervous glances over his shoulder.他不时紧张地朝身后看看。
- Her glance flickered briefly across to the group standing at the other side of the street.她迅速扫了一眼站在街对面的那伙人。
- His glance fell on a pile of papers at one side of the desk.他的目光落在桌子一边的一摞文件上。
- I caught the teacher's glance and nearly burst into nervous laughter.我看到老师的眼神，差点神经质地大笑起来。
- I had a quick glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.我只草草看了一眼那篇文章，还没有读。
- Meena threw him an angry glance.米娜生气地瞥了他一眼。
- She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.她瞥了一眼弗恩。
- She took one last glance in the mirror and then left.她最后照了一下镜子，然后离开了。
- The couple exchanged meaningful glances but said nothing.夫妻俩意味深长地交换了一下眼色，但什么都没说。
- The man walked slowly along, casting furtive glances behind him.那个男人慢慢走着，不时偷偷向后看一眼。
- Their car attracted admiring glances wherever they went.他们的车所到之处无不引来羡慕的目光。
- Their glances met, then they both looked away.他们的目光碰到一起，又都马上移开了。
- They exchanged knowing glances.他们会意地交换了一下眼色。
- With a quick glance at the time, she stood up and prepared to leave.她迅速看了一眼时间，站起身来准备离开。
- I caught his glance and nearly burst into laughter.我捕捉到他的目光，差点大笑起来。
- I had a glance at the newspaper headlines as I waited at the counter.在柜台等候的时候，我扫了一眼报纸的大标题。
- The boss gave the figures a cursory glance and nodded.老板粗略地看了一下数字，点了点头。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- backward
- sidelong
- sideways
- …
verb + glance
- cast (somebody)
- dart
- give (somebody/something)
- …
glance + verb
- move
- meet
- fall on somebody/something
- …
preposition
- at a glance
- with a glance
- without a glance
- …
phrases
- at first glance
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘rebound obliquely’): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.

Idioms

at first glance

when you first look at or think about something, often rather quickly乍一看；乍看之下
- At first glance the problem seemed easy.乍一看问题似乎很简单。
- At first glance the contract seemed to be fine.乍一看，这合同似乎很好。

at a (single) glance

immediately; with only a quick look立刻；一眼；（只）看一眼
- He could tell at a glance what was wrong.他一眼就看出了问题所在。
- The software allows you to see at a glance what fonts you have on the computer.这个软件让你一看便知道你电脑上有些什么字体。