单词 | glancing |
释义 | glancingWord family nounglancingadverbglancinglyverbglance glanc·ing /ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ $ ˈɡlæn-/ adjectiveadj 1. a glancing blow a hit that partly misses so that it does not have its full force 打偏的一击,斜击 Examples from the Corpus a glancing blow• He was standing on a piling at the ferry slip in Brooklyn when the ferry hit it a glancing blow.• Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancing blow across the temple.• Tom struck his head a glancing blow, and blood came.• Police believe Tony was struck a glancing blow by the wing mirror of a transit-type van.• As Pegasus fought clear, I smelled smoke and felt a glancing blow which whirled me backwards and away.• It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch. 2. a glancing reference/mention a short or indirect reference to something or someone 旁敲侧击,间接提及 —glancingly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus glancing• Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancing blow across the temple.• It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.• After only 5 minutes, it was 2-1 with Carl Leaburn scoring with a glancing header.• David Hockaday struck first and Lund sealed the match with a glancing header.• But these were glancing shots, and, what is perhaps most significant, did not draw any return fire. |
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