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Oct 31, 2008 · Oct 13, 2011. #10. Glimpse as a noun can be of, at or into. He caught a glimpse of her scar as the wind blew her hair = used when it is an object revealed by accident. He gave a glimpse at the car that was following him. = used when it is an object and the action is intentional.
Dec 16, 2018 · Hi csicska, "take a glimpse of" sounds odd to me. As was explained, a glimpse is often un intentional, but you can only "take" something in this kind of semantic context intentionally, it's something you choose to do, so there's a clash of logic. You can "catch a glimpse", but not "take a glimpse". Similarly, there's no need for "taking a glance".
Apr 3, 2015 · Apr 3, 2015. #2. Hi Sun, "At a glimpse of the city..." sounds wrong, but you can begin a sentence with "At a glimpse..." or more commonly, "At first glimpse..." without the "of" part: At a/first glimpse, the houses appear vacant, but a closer look reveals signs of human habitation. At a/first glimpse, Tim appeared to be in his 30s, but I found ...
Here's some: glance = to take a brief look (intentionally) glimpse = to take a brief look (unintentionally) stare = to give a rude look to somebody gaze = to give a romantic look to somebody contemplate = to observe deeply skim = to read inattentively scan = to read with attention peek = to take a brief look, secretly peep = to take a long look ...
Jul 27, 2013 · Jul 27, 2013. #2. Hello Rajput07. No, your sentence doesn't work, I'm afraid. Glimpse doesn't refer to how something looks. It is the act of looking, a brief look. You could say something like " You can get a glimpse of me in her. Meaning, "when you look at her, you see something of me."
Mar 25, 2008 · Hello! Another question involving prepositions. I know you say "to catch a glimpse of something" but which preposition do you use when "glimpse" is a verb and not a noun? Do you use "AT", for example: "I glimpsed at the screen of the computer" "I glimpsed at the people gathered there" Thank you!
2、glimpse：glimpse一般用作及物动词，可接名词或代词作宾语，也可接以现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。 三、侧重点不同. 1、glance：粗略地匆匆看一眼。强调动作过程。 2、glimpse：无意识地一看，所见并不一定全面，强调动作结果。
Jul 28, 2008 · Turkish. Jul 28, 2008. #1. think.Choose the word that best fits the context. He ---- over his shoulder to make sure he wasn't being followed. A) glimpsed. B) gazed. C) glanced. Well, another tough one for me. "glimpse" refer to a "momentary looking" I think. gaze seems a more focused looking.
Jul 13, 2009 · Jul 13, 2009. #5. In short "a glimpse" is a momentary or partial view wheras "a look" is an act of looking. The object that you look at gives you a glimpse so the two expressions are not really equivalent. To give a glimpse has more the sense of "allow a view" or "allow an insight". For example, you could have a quick look at a book and it ...
glimpse n “一瞥，瞥见”。无意识地一看，所见并不一定全面。强调动作结果，常用catch / get a glimpse of 。 I caught a glimpse of the beautiful house as train train went by. 两者区别不大，有时可以互用，具体细节比较： glance是强调主动的加以注意瞥了一眼
