mid-14c., "to shine;" c. 1500, "to stare with wide eyes," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal glora "to glow, gleam; stare"), or related to Middle Dutch gluren "to leer;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *glo- (see glow (v.)), root of Old English glowan "to glow," which influenced the spelling of this word. Meaning "to look angrily, look intently and threateningly, scowl" is from 18c. Related: Glowered; glowering. As a noun, 1715, "an angry or threatening stare," from the verb.
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1. The presidency is less a performance: Who saw the gloom and glower behind Eisenhower's incandescent grin?
总统职务与其说是公务员,倒更像是演员: 谁看得到艾森豪威尔炽热笑容背后的阴暗与愤怒?
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2. The man - eater of other an astonishment first, begin to be inspected to explorer glower photograph next!
其它的食人族先是一阵错愕, 然后开始对探险家怒目相视!
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3. It is better for such countries to prosper inside the market system than glower outside it.