单词 | eagle-eyed |
释义 | eagle-eyedadj. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted 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). < adj.a1475 |
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