glance
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
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(transitive)To look briefly at (something).
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(transitive)To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
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(also, figuratively, transitive)To cause (something) to move obliquely.
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(figuratively, transitive)To communicate (something) using the eyes.
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(obsolete, transitive)To touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze.
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(obsolete, transitive)To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
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(also, figuratively, intransitive)To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
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(intransitive)Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond.
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(intransitive)Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
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(figuratively, intransitive)Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
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(figuratively, intransitive)Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
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(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(also figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
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(countable, uncountable)(cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
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(countable, uncountable)(ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.
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(countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.
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(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”).
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(countable, uncountable)(obsolete except in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
copper glance silver glance
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ine-pro The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen, a blend of: