glance

/glɑ:ns/

Thân thiện

She gave a quick glance at the clock on the wall.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A quick look: A very brief, often casual, look at something or someone.
   • A flash of light: A brief flash or gleam of light.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To look quickly: To take a brief, often hurried, look at something.
   • To strike and bounce off at an angle: To hit a surface and deflect off it.
   • To flash or gleam: To produce a brief flash of light.

3. Verb (transitive):

   • To direct a quick look: To cast one's eyes quickly in a particular direction.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • She gave the document a quick glance before signing.
  • A glance of sunlight reflected off the window.

• Verb (intransitive):

  • He glanced at his watch, worried about the time.
  • The bullet glanced off the stone wall.
  • The knight's armor glanced in the midday sun.

• Verb (transitive):

  • She glanced her eyes over the crowd, searching for a familiar face.

Advanced Usage

• "At a glance": Immediately upon looking; with only a quick look.

  • He could tell at a glance that the project was flawed.

• "To steal a glance": To look quickly and secretly.

  • She stole a glance at the handsome stranger across the room.

• "To glance over/through": To read or examine something quickly or superficially.

  • I only had time to glance through the report before the meeting.

Variants and Related Words

• Glancing (adjective): Striking at an angle; indirect or brief.
  • He suffered only a glancing blow to the head.
  • She made a glancing reference to the scandal.

Synonyms

• Noun: Peek, glimpse, look.
• Verb (to look): Peek, glimpse, look.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Glance off: To hit something at an angle and bounce away.

  • The hockey puck glanced off the goalpost.

• Glance over/through: To read or look at something quickly.

  • Could you glance over this email before I send it?

Related Idioms

• A cursory glance: A very quick and not thorough look.

  • He gave the contract only a cursory glance.

• Exchange glances: When two or more people look at each other briefly, often to communicate something without words.

  • The two friends exchanged knowing glances across the table.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a quick look

Verb

1. hit at an angle
2. throw a glance at; take a brief look at
   • She only glanced at the paper
   • I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting

Từ đồng nghĩa

• glimpse
• coup d'oeil
• peek
• glint