单词 | eye slit |
释义 | > as lemmaseye slit eye slit n. (a) a slit or narrow opening to look through, especially in a mask or other covering for the face; (b) a relatively long and narrow aperture between the eyelids (in an open eye). ΚΠ 1768 B. Noble Geodæsia Hibernica iii. 32 Turn the whole circle until you can see through the eye-slit. 1852 S. Laing Observ. Social & Polit. State of Denmark v. 95 The flat Mongolian face and unhorizontal eye-slit of the Sclavonic soldiers. 1917 B. Moses Louisa May Alcott vii. 111 Everyone looked alike, draped in white sheets, a white cloth with eyeslits over the face. 1989 Omni Dec. 102/2 Her eye slits were long and slanted, with glinting black irises set in bright yellow corneas. 2011 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 May a1 Eriksen helped him cut eye slits so he could pull the Christmas hat far down his head and peer out. < as lemmas |
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