glan Idiom

a fleeting glance

a very brief look, a quick glance A fleeting glance from Marilyn would make his heart beat wildly.

at a glance

with one look, a quick look I could see at a glance that the car was unsafe. A wheel was loose.

at first glance

when you first see it, when you notice it At first glance, it looked like a cat - a large cat.

fleeting glance

(See a fleeting glance)

glance at

look quickly at快看一眼
Glancing at the clock she saw that she was late．看了一下钟，她知道她迟到了。
Before going to work，I used to glance at the newspaper headlines．上班之前，我习惯浏览一下报纸的大标题。
She glanced shyly at him out of the corners of her eyes．她害羞地从眼角里看了他一眼。

glance down

read quickly 速读；粗略地看
As she glanced down the list，she saw that she had left out a name．她粗看一下名单，发现漏掉一个名字。

glance off

touch with a light blow 擦过；掠过
A big stone glanced off the bulletproof windows of his limousine．一块巨石从他轿车的防弹窗上擦过。

glance over

run over 粗读；略读
He glanced over my report and said that it seemed to be all right．他看了一下我的报告说，写得似乎还可以。
The teacher glanced over my manuscript and picked out a few spelling mistakes．老师看了我的手稿并指出了一些拼写错误。

glance over/through

glance through

For England

(UK) A person who talks for England, talks a lot- if you do something for England, you do it a lot or to the limit.

at first glance|at first sight|first glance|first

adv. or adj. phr. After a first quick look. At first sight, his guess was that the whole trouble between the two men resulted from personalities that did not agree. Tom met Mary at a party, and it was love at first sight.

glance off|glance

v. phr. To ricochet. The bullet glanced off the wall and wounded an innocent bystander.

glance

glance
see at first blush.