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Glimpse N./V Recorded Noun Glimps 瞥见,看一眼 英 瞥见,看一眼(To

单词 glimpse
音标 [glimps]
解释 n./v. 瞥见,看一眼
红宝书 【英】 n./v. 瞥见,看一眼(to look quickly; glance)
【记】 来自 glim(灯光)+pse→像 灯光一闪→瞥一眼
【例】 I glimpsed her among the crowd just before she disappeared from sight.
字源 glimpse (v.)
c.1400, "to glisten, be dazzling," probably from Old English *glimsian "shine faintly," from Proto-Germanic *glim- (see gleam). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded mid-15c. Related: Glimpsed. The noun is recorded from mid-16c.; earlier in verbal noun glimpsing (mid-14c.).
不择手段背单词 n. /v. (简短地, 粗略地)一瞥 = glance
趣味全助记 【记】glass + 音:一瞥视→眼镜(代表眼睛)一瞥;glim 一个微弱的光→眼光一瞥

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