A small, narrow, blinking, or peering eye; (affectionately) a dear little eye. Also (occasionally): a person who blinks; a squinting or…
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释义 | the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > by size, shape, etc. (18) pinkany?1578 A small, narrow, blinking, or peering eye; (affectionately) a dear little eye. Also (occasionally): a person who blinks; a squinting or… pig's eye1658 Chiefly in plural. A small eye; = pig-eye, n. pigsney1664 An eye, esp. a small one. Obsolete. Cf. pig's eye, n. 2. ox-eye1688 The eye of an ox; an eye resembling or likened to that of an ox, esp. in respect of size. pig-eye1714 A small, deep-set eye like that of a pig. sparkler1746 A bright or sparkling eye. Chiefly plural. Latterly colloquial or slang. gooseberry-eye1789 (cf. gooseberry-eyed adj. at compounds 2). eyelet1799 A small eye (literal and figurative), as an eyespot on the wing of a butterfly or moth (now rare), or an ocellus (ocellus, n. 1) of an invertebrate. gooseberry-orb1803 = gooseberry-eye n. pop-eye1828 A protruding, bulging, or prominent eye. swine eye1836 (usually in plural) an eye likened to that of a pig, esp. in being small and deep-set; cf. swine-eyed adj. pink-eye1897 Redness of the conjunctiva, esp. that caused by conjunctivitis or keratoconjunctivitis; spec. (a) Veterinary Medicine infectious bovine… bug-eyes1905 Any wide or bulging eyes; (also) eyes widened in astonishment or fear. Cf. bug, v.2 2. Subcategories:— quality of being (3) — person having (2) |
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