英汉词典

glass 基本解释

• n. 玻璃；玻璃制品；镜子
• vt. 反映；给某物加玻璃
• vi. 成玻璃状
• n. (Glass)人名；(英、法、德、意)格拉斯

glass 词态变化

glass 中文词源

来自PIE*ghel, 照耀，发光，词源同gold, glitter.

glass 英文词源

glass

glass: [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo-European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear glass of today. In particular, Roman glass was standardly bluish-green, and many words for ‘glass’ originated in colour terms signifying ‘blue’ or ‘green’.

In the case of glass, its distant ancestor was Indo-European *gel- or *ghel-, which produced a host of colour adjectives ranging in application from ‘grey’ through ‘blue’ and ‘green’ to ‘yellow’. Among its descendants was West Germanic *glasam, which gave German, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish glas and English glass. A secondary semantic development of the word’s base, glass being a shiny substance, was ‘shine, gleam’; this probably lies behind English glare [13], whose primary sense is ‘shine dazzlingly’ (the change of s to r is a well-known phonetic phenomenon, termed ‘rhoticization’).

Irish gloine ‘glass’ also comes from Indo-European *g(h)el-, and French verre and Italian vetro ‘glass’ go back to Latin vitrum ‘glass’ (source of English vitreous), which also meant ‘woad’, a plant which gives a blue dye. The use of the plural glasses for ‘spectacles’ dates from the mid-17th century. The verb glaze [14] is an English derivative of glass.
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glass (n.)

Old English glæs "glass; a glass vessel," from Proto-Germanic *glasam "glass" (cognates: Old Saxon glas, Middle Dutch and Dutch glas, German Glas, Old Norse gler "glass, looking glass," Danish glar), from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (cognates: Latin glaber "smooth, bald," Old Church Slavonic gladuku, Lithuanian glodus "smooth"). The PIE root also is the ancestor of widespread words for gray, blue, green, and yellow, such as Old English glær "amber," Latin glaesum "amber" (which might be from Germanic), Old Irish glass "green, blue, gray," Welsh glas "blue."

Restricted sense of "drinking glass" is from early 13c. and now excludes other glass vessels. Meaning "a glass mirror" is from 14c. Meaning "glass filled with running sand to measure time" is from 1550s; meaning "observing instrument" is from 1610s.

glass (v.)

late 14c., "to fit with glass;" 1570s, "to cover with glass," from glass (n.). Related: Glassed; glassing.

glass (adj.)

Old English glæs, from glass (v.). Middle English also had an adjective glazen, from Old English glæsen. The glass snake (1736, actually a limbless lizard) is so called for the fragility of its tail. The glass slipper in "Cinderella" perhaps is an error by Charles Perrault, translating in 1697, mistaking Old French voir "ermine, fur" for verre "glass." In other versions of the tale it is a fur slipper. The proverb about people in glass houses throwing stones is attested by 1779, but earlier forms go back to 17c.:

Who hath glass-windows of his own must take heed how he throws stones at his house. ... He that hath a body made of glass must not throw stones at another. [John Ray, "Handbook of Proverbs," 1670]

Glass-house is from late 14c. as "glass factory," 1838 as "greenhouse."

glass 词组搭配

glass 英文释义

1. a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

2. a glass container for holding liquids while drinking

3. the quantity a glass will hold

4. a small refracting telescope

5. amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

6. a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror

7. glassware collectively;

"She collected old glass"

glass 同义词解析

cup, glass, mug

这3个名词均可表示"杯，杯子"之意。

cup： 指有柄，用来饮茶或咖啡等的瓷杯。

glass： 指玻璃制的杯子，用来盛酒和牛奶等东西。

mug： 通常指周边垂直，不用茶托的有柄大瓷杯或大金属杯。

glass 双语例句

1. The theatre is a futuristic steel and glass structure.

这家剧院是钢筋和玻璃结构的未来派建筑。

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2. He asked for a glass of port after dinner.

晚饭后，他要了一杯波尔图葡萄酒。

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3. Visitors see the painting from behind a plate glass window.

参观者隔着平板玻璃橱窗欣赏那幅画。

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4. I poured a little more bourbon into my glass.

我又往酒杯里倒了点儿波旁威士忌。

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5. He stared at the rain spattering on the glass.

他凝视着雨点溅落在玻璃上。

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glass 实用场景例句

We keep all our glass and china in this cupboard.

我们把所有玻璃器皿和瓷器都放在这个橱里。

牛津词典

She has a fine collection of Bohemian glass.

她收藏了一批做工精细的波希米亚玻璃制品。

牛津词典

In case of emergency, break the glass and press the button.

如遇紧急情况，击碎玻璃罩按下按钮。

牛津词典

a pair of glasses

一副眼镜

牛津词典

dark glasses

墨镜

牛津词典

I wear glasses for driving.

我开车时戴眼镜。

牛津词典

a glassed-in pool

装有玻璃屋顶的游泳池

牛津词典

He drank three whole glasses.

他喝了满满三杯。

牛津词典

a glass of sherry/wine/water, etc.

一杯雪利酒、葡萄酒、 水等

牛津词典

a wine glass

葡萄酒杯

牛津词典

a sherry glass

雪利酒杯

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The vegetables are grown under glass (= in a greenhouse ) .

这些蔬菜是在玻璃温室种植的。

牛津词典

I cut myself on a piece of broken glass .

我被一块碎玻璃划伤了。

牛津词典

a glass bottle/dish/roof

玻璃瓶 / 盘 / 屋顶

牛津词典

frosted/toughened glass

毛 / 钢化玻璃

牛津词典

a sheet/pane of glass

一片玻璃；一块窗玻璃

牛津词典

He took off his glasses.

他摘掉眼镜。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There's a glittering array of glass to choose from at markets.

市场上有很多晶莹闪亮的玻璃制品可供挑选。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a pane of glass.

一块玻璃

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a sliding glass door.

玻璃推拉门

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Grossman raised the glass to his lips.

格罗斯曼把杯子举到唇边。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Everywhere you look, you can see glass and concrete monstrosities going up.

到处你都能看到玻璃和混凝土的庞然大物拔地而起.

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Another glass won't hurt you.

再喝一杯对你也无妨.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.

一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振.

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Pour milk out of the bottle into the glass.

把牛奶从瓶子里倒到玻璃杯里去.

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They make bottles out of glass.

他们用玻璃做瓶

《用法词典》

Drink this glass of wine.

这杯酒你喝了它.

《现代汉英综合大词典》