glimpse /ˈglɪm(p)s/
一瞥,一閃(vi.)投以一瞥,閃爍不定(vt.)瞥見
Glimpse n.
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
Glimpse v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
Glimpse, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
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glimpse
n 1: a quick look [syn: glance, coup d'oeil]
2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch
a glimpse of the lake"
3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the
professor's meaning"
v : catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as
she got into her limousine"