glimpse
英 [glɪm(p)s]
美 [ɡlɪmps]
glimpse 助记提示
1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.
2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".
3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.
glimpse 中文词源
glimpse 一瞥词源同gleam, glimmer, 微光，闪烁。引申义一瞥，瞥见。
glimpse 英文词源
- 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.).
glimpse 双语例句
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。 来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.
- 他一眼瞥见她在人群里。
来自《权威词典》