glide

• n. 滑翔；滑行；滑移；滑音
• vt. 滑翔；滑行；悄悄地走；消逝
• vi. 使滑行；使滑動

來自PIE*ghel, 照耀，發光，詞源同glass, gold. 原指光線閃過，後詞義通用化。

glide (v.)

Old English glidan "move along smoothly and easily; glide away, vanish; slip, slide" (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden), from Proto-Germanic *glidon "to glide" (cognates: Old Saxon glidan, Old Frisian glida, Old High German glitan, German gleiten), probably part of the large group of Germanic words in gl- involving notions of "smooth; shining; joyful" (see glad (adj.)). Related: Glided; gliding. Strong past tense form glid persisted into 20c.

glide (n.)

1580s, from glide (v.). From 1835 as a term in music; from 1889 as a step in dancing or a type of dance.

1. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta.

侍者們端著一盤盤意大利麵在擁擠的餐桌之間自如穿行。

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2. We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.

我們噤若寒蟬地站著,眼看那條蛇逍遙自在地遊來遊去.

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3. So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.

那芭蕾**演員翩躚起舞,宛如滑翔.

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4. In the engine, he watched the trees glide by.

在火車頭裏, 他望著樹木往後馳去.

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5. Joe let himself glide to earth.

喬溜到地上.

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