glance

• n. 一瞥；一滑；闪光
• vi. 扫视，匆匆一看；反光；瞥闪，瞥见
• vt. 扫视；瞥见；擦过
• n. (Glance)人名；(英)格兰斯

来自拉丁文glacies, 冰，词源同cold,插入鼻音字母n. 即冰上滑过的光线，引申义瞥过。

glance

glance: [15] ‘Touch or deflect lightly’, as in ‘glance off something’ and a ‘glancing blow’, is the primary meaning of glance; ‘look briefly’ did not develop until the 16th century. The word may have originated as an alteration of the Middle English verb glacen ‘glide, slide’ (probably under the influence of Middle English glenten, the ancestor of modern English glint). Glacen was borrowed from Old French glacier ‘slide’, a derivative of glace ‘ice’ (from which English also gets glacier).
=> glacier

glance (n.)

c. 1500, "a sudden movement producing a flash," from glance (v.). Meaning "brief or hurried look" is from 1590s.

glance (v.)

mid-15c., of weapons, "strike obliquely without giving full impact," a nasalized form of glacen "to graze, strike a glancing blow" (c. 1300), from Old French glacier "to slip, make slippery" (compare Old French glaciere "part of a knight's armor meant to deflect blows"), from glace "ice" (see glacial). Sense of "look quickly" (first recorded 1580s) probably was by influence of Middle English glenten "look askance" (see glint (v.)), which also could account for the -n-. Related: Glanced; glancing.

1. Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.

伯克匆匆地瞥了一眼菜单，然后啪地合上了。

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2. He stole a glance at the clock behind her.

他偷偷地看了一眼她背后的钟。

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3. In those crowded streets her attire did not rate a second glance.

在那些拥挤的街道她的穿着并未引起注意。

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4. She cast a wry glance in her grandmother's direction.

她朝奶奶无可奈何地瞟了一眼。

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5. She took her eyes off the road to glance at me.

她把视线从公路上移开，扫了我一眼。

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