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- mass noun a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles玻璃。
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- any similar substance which has solidified from a molten state without crystallizing类似玻璃的物质。
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- a thing made from, or partly from, glass, in particular玻璃制品; 部分为玻璃的物品, 尤指：
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- a container to drink from玻璃杯：
a beer glass.
一只啤酒杯。
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- mass noun glassware玻璃器皿。
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- mass noun greenhouses or cold frames considered collectively总称温室; 冷床。
2.4
- chiefly Brit. a mirror〈主英〉镜子。
2.5
- dated short for WEATHER GLASS.〈旧〉WEATHER GLASS的简称。
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- archaic an hourglass〈古〉（计时）沙漏。
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- a lens, or an optical instrument containing a lens or lenses, in particular a monocle or a magnifying lens透镜; 含有透镜的光学仪器（尤指单片眼镜或放大透镜）。
with obj.
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- cover or enclose with glass用玻璃覆盖; 给…装玻璃：
the inn has a long gallery, now glassed in.
这家小酒店有一个长廊, 现用玻璃封了起来。
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- (especially in hunting) scan (one's surroundings) with binoculars（尤指在打猎时）用望远镜观察（周围环境）：
the first day was spent glassing the rolling hills.
第一天就在用望远镜瞭望绵延的群山中度过了。
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- poetic/literary reflect in or as if in a mirror〈诗/文〉（如）在镜中反射：
the opposite slopes glassed themselves in the deep dark water.
对面的山坡在深暗的水中留下了倒影。
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- Brit. informal hit (someone) in the face with a beer glass〈英, 非正式〉用啤酒杯打（某人的脸）。
短语
people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- proverb you shouldn't criticize others when you have similar faults of your own〈谚〉家居玻璃房, 切忌乱扔石; 乌鸦不该笑猪黑; 自身有短, 休惹他人。
under glass
- (of plants) grown in a greenhouse or cold frame（植物）在温室（或冷床）中长大的。
派生词
glassful
noun （pl. -fuls）glassless
adjectiveglass-like
adjective词源
Old English gl æs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.