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单词 eagle-eyed
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eagle-eyedadj.

Brit. /ˌiːɡlˈʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈiɡəlˌaɪd/, /ˌiɡ(ə)lˈaɪd/
Forms: see eagle n. and eyed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eagle n., eyed adj.
Etymology: < eagle n. + eyed adj.
Having eyes resembling those of an eagle; sharp-eyed, keen-sighted, observant, perceptive. Also figurative of an abstract quality. Cf. eagle eye n. at eagle n. Compounds 2.
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bright-eyeda1393
sightya1400
well-eyeda1425
well-seeing?a1425
eagle-eyeda1475
well-sighteda1529
clear-eyed1530
quick-sighted1542
oculate1549
quick-eyed1561
eyed1563
sharpsighted1571
clear-sighted1586
eagle-sighted1589
lynx-eyed1597
mouse-eyed1599
lycophosed1600
lycophosy1600
right-eyed1600
nimble-eyed1605
perspicacious1616
lyncean1622
piercing-sighted1630
perspicuous1657
sharp-eyed1672
gimlet-eyed1752
keen-eyed1781
keen-sighted1813
hawk-eyed1818
accipitrine1872
accipitral1881
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 23920 (MED) She was of gret sobrenesse..Egle-eyed, bryght and cler.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bviv If happely he fynd him egle eyed, & diligent to marke, anone shapith him in such a fashion, as that he wil raise a new gayne by him.
1594 H. Dorrell Willobie his Auisa i. f. 1v Though Egle-eyde this bird appeare..:Yet sprang she not from Egles nest.
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Eagle & Body sig. E4 Faith, being Eagle eyed, can..see the maiestie of God.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. iii. 65 The most eagle-eyed Physitian.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. John viii. 11 It is a false Zeal that is Eagle-eyed abroad, and blind at home.
1789 Monthly Rev. May 410 This eagle-eyed Observer..proceeds in his examination into the properties and affections of that wondrous microcosm, man.
1806 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 5) iii. 17 The eagle-eyed friendship of Mr. Waller quickly discovered him.
1895 T. R. Warren Juliette Irving & Jesuit xviii. 217 The hostess was eagle-eyed in matters of this sort and quickly scented an affaire-du-coeur.
1959 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 10 Sept. a24/1 Our buyers are on hand, eagle-eyed to spot the latest in styling.
1979 R. Prest F4 Phantom ii. 11 Occasionally an eagle-eyed aviator notices a crack here, a screw loose there.
2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) v. 69 I'd dressed his flock-haired, eagle-eyed Action Man up as Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie.
2016 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Oct. 3 Eagle-eyed fans spotted a ring on the third finger of her left hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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