glance

glance /ɡlɑ:ns/ I. vi. 看一眼，扫视：glance about/around/round 环视一下；glance back 回头看一看；glance at the sleeping child 瞟了一眼睡着的孩子；glance down the list of names粗略地看了一下名单；glance over/through the son’s homework 过目一下儿子的家庭作业 ‖II. n.［c］一瞥，望一眼：throw a curious glance at her 好奇地看了她一眼；steal a glance at sb. 偷看了某人一眼 at a glance（看）一眼（就）；马上：She saw at a glance what had happened.她一眼就看出发生了什么事。at first glance乍看上去，第一眼就：good news, at first glance, for frequent travellers乍一看，对常出门的人来说是好事。

［辨析］glance at sth.=look at sth. quickly， 指在时间紧张时匆忙看某人或某物。 A Glimpse = a momentary sight of sth.指一时注意到某人或某物，而被注意的对象又突然消失。