glimpse

英 [glɪm(p)s] 美 [ɡlɪmps]

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※ 提供单词"glimpse"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

glimpse 一瞥

词源同gleam, glimmer, 微光，闪烁。引申义一瞥，瞥见。

glimpse: glimpse: [14] Glimpse originally meant ‘shine faintly’. It comes from the same Germanic source (*glaim-, *glim-) as produced English gleam and glimmer. The modern sense ‘see briefly’ developed in the 18th century from the noun glimpse, originally a ‘momentary or dim flash’, hence ‘faint brief appearance’, and finally ‘sight of something afforded by such an appearance’.
=> gleam, glimmer
glimpse (v.): c. 1400, "to glisten, be dazzling," probably from Old English *glimsian "shine faintly," part of the group of Germanic words in *gl- having to do with "smooth; shining; joyous" (see gleam (n.)). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. From mid-15c. as "to glance with the eyes;" from 1779 as "catch a quick view." Related: Glimpsed; glimpsing.
glimpse (n.): 1530s, "faint or transient appearance," from glimpse (v.). From 1570s as "a brief and imperfect view." Earlier was the verbal noun glimpsing "imperfect vision" (late 14c.).

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1. Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president.: 几千名支持者翘首企盼能一睹新总统的风采。

2. Crowds shouted and pushed to get a glimpse of their hero.: 为了一睹英雄的风采，人群喊叫着，推搡着。

3. Below us you could glimpse the rooftops of a few small villages.: 我们可以瞥见脚下一些小村庄的屋顶。

4. He caught a glimpse of the man's face in a shop window.: 他在商店橱窗里瞥见了一眼那个人的脸。