eyeglanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From eye +‎ glance.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪɡlɑːns/

名詞

eyeglance (複数形 eyeglances)

1. A glance of the eye.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:

     And ever, as Dissemblaunce laught on him, / He lowrd on her with daungerous eyeglaunce […].

   • 1823, Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well:

     Perilous as her eyeglances were, and much as they menaced, Lord Etherington felt at this moment the importance of soothing Lady Penelope to silence […].

   • 2008, MH Ford, Personal Power:

     The sideways eye glance is a widespread expression combining a lowered head and the eyes looking sideways, thus taking advantage of boldness and shyness at the same time.