glimpse
要点ちらりと見ること
意味
- (…を)ちらりと見ること,いちべつすること《+of+名》
- (…に)ちらっと感づくこと(気づくこと)《+of+名》
- …をちらりと見る,一目見る
- (…を)ちらりと見る,一見する《+at+名》
例文
We had a glimpse of the lake as we flew over it.
上空を飛行中に私たちはその湖ちらりと一見した。
I caught a glimpse of him as he turned the corner.
私は角を曲がる彼の姿をちらっと見た。
She glimpsed him running through the crowd.
彼は人ごみを掻き分けて走ってくるのを彼女はちらりと見た。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb is derived from earlier glimse (obsolete), from Middle English glimsen (“to dazzle; to glisten; to glance with the eyes”), possibly from Old English *glimsian, from Proto-West Germanic *glimmisōjan, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Doublet of glimmer. The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates Dutch glimp (“glimpse”, noun) Middle Dutch glinsen (modern Dutch glinsteren (“to glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle; to glance”), glimmen (“to gleam, shine”)) Middle High German glimsen (“to glow, smoulder”), glinsen (“to glimmer, shine”) Middle Low German glinsen, glintzen, glinzen (“to shimmer, shine”)