| 单词 | eye trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseye trap eye trap n. something to catch or deceive the eye, a specious appearance; also as a mass noun; cf. claptrap n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion > resembling something else false1598 trick1602 apparition1610 phantasm1638 phantom1707 eye trap1750 mock sun1878 1750 Midwife 1 244 Away with your Symmetry and Proportion, paltry Eye-traps, empty Shadows. 1766 P. Thicknesse Observ. Customs Fr. Nation ix. 35 The coffee-houses, &c. are decorated with a great deal of eye-trap. 1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 152 A got-up thing—a mere eye-trap. 1928 G. G. Coulton Art & Reformation vii. 237 The little church of East Winch was set as an eyetrap, with the line of road leading inevitably down to it. 2008 R. Barrett Life Drawing xiii. 137 If you're not careful, you may place tangents or other ‘eye traps’ in your drawings that are too predictable or appear in the wrong places. < as lemmas |
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