| 释义 |
gimlety, a.|ˈgɪmlɪtɪ|
Also gimletty.
[f. gimlet n.1 + -y1.]
Of eyes: piercing like a gimlet.
1899Daily News 3 Jan. 5/6 Small, gimlety eyes. 1900Ibid. 3 May 7/2, I can see the black, beady, gimletty, oblique eyes of his opponent glitter. 1919J. Buchan 39 Steps 13 Small gimlety blue eyes. 1955English Digest June 44/2 Corporal of Horse Pomfret..subjected us to a dispassionate scrutiny. His gimlety eye fell on me. |