1.a glancing blowa hit that partly misses so that it does not have its full force 打偏的一击,斜击
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a glancing blow• He was standing on a piling at the ferryslip in Brooklyn when the ferry hit it a glancing blow.• Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancing blow across the temple.• Tom struck his head a glancing blow, and blood came.• Police believe Tony was struck a glancing blow by the wingmirror of a transit-type van.• As Pegasus foughtclear, I smelledsmoke and felt a glancing blow which whirled me backwards and away.• It leaptforward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
2.a glancing reference/mentiona short or indirectreference to something or someone 旁敲侧击,间接提及
—glancinglyadverbadv
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glancing• Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancingblow across the temple.• It leaptforward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.• After only 5 minutes, it was 2-1 with Carl Leaburn scoring with a glancingheader.• David Hockaday struck first and Lund sealed the match with a glancing header.• But these were glancingshots, and, what is perhaps most significant, did not draw any return fire.