核心畫面

Something arrives on a slant, touches the side of what it meets, and slides on. It never lands square, so it gives up only a little of its force and leaves only a light trace.

glancing 可以想成一個斜斜掠過的畫面:東西不是正面對上,而是從旁邊斜著碰到,摸了一下就滑開。因為沒有撞實,力更多收起glancing 可以想成一個斜斜掠過的畫面:東西不是正面對上,而是從旁邊斜著碰到,摸了一下就滑開。因為沒有撞實,力道只交出一小部分,留下來的痕跡也很淺。整個字的用法都像是從這個畫面長出來的:先是物體之間的斜擦,再搬到說話上,變成「話只碰到那個主題一下就走」。

Two branches

斜斜擦過去的碰撞

這一組是畫面本身,還沒有轉成比喻:東西碰到東西,斜著,然後滑走。

adjective · B2

A glancing blow is a hit that only catches the side of something and slides off, so it does not land with its full force.

擦過的一擊;斜斜掃到

話只擦到主題一下

把斜擦的畫面搬到說話上:講的人靠近了那個話題,碰一下就滑開,沒有停下來處理。這是概念上的延伸,不是歷史來源的主張。

adjective · C1

A glancing reference or a glancing mention is a very short or indirect way of speaking about something, so that the subject is touched on but not dealt with.

輕輕帶過的提及;只略微提到

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

glancingadj/ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/

  • 1

    Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.

    • His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.
    • She looked with a grudging eye on this waste of life and beauty—there was none for him; and the sight of the coffin, with its deep black pall borne slowly along the glancing path, was a contrast of unutterable misery. It was a relief to change the cheerful meadow for the dark umbrage of the forest which they now entered.

glancingnoun/ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/

  • 1

    A sideways look; a glance.

    • No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。