词性: nountransparent substance
1 [U] a hard, usually transparent, substance used, for example, for making windows and bottles:
a sheet / pane of glass * frosted / toughened glass * a glass bottle / dish / roof * I cut myself on a piece of broken glass. * The vegetables are grown under glass (= in a glasshouse).
seealsoCUTGLASS, PLATEGLASS, STAINEDGLASS, GLAZIER
for drinking
2 [C] (often in compounds) a container made of glass, used for drinking out of:
a sherry glass * a wine glass
3 [C] the contents of a glass:
a glass of sherry / wine / water * He drank three whole glasses.
glass objects
4 [U] objects made of glass:
We keep all our glass and china in this cupboard. * She has a fine collection of Bohemian glass.
on watch / picture
5 [sing.] a protecting cover made of glass on a watch, picture or photograph frame, FIREALARM, etc:
In case of emergency, break the glass and press the button.
for eyes
6 (glasses) (AmE also eyeglasses) (also old-fashioned or formal spectacles, informal specs especially in BrE) [pl.] two LENSES in a frame that rests on the nose and ears. People wear glasses in order to be able to see better or to protect their eyes from bright sunlight:
a pair of glasses * dark glasses * I wear glasses for driving.
seealsoFIELDGLASSES, MAGNIFYINGGLASS, SUNGLASSES
mirror
7 [C,usually sing.] (old-fashioned) a mirror
seealsoLOOKINGGLASS
barometer
8 (the glass) [sing.] a BAROMETER
IDIOMS see PEOPLEn., RAISEv.
verb [VN] (BrE, informal) to hit sb in the face with a glass
PHRASALVERBS
glass sth in / over [usuallypassive] to cover sth with a roof or wall made of glass:
a glassed-in pool
compareGLAZE
