单词 | eyeing |
释义 | eyeingn. 1. The action or an act of looking at, observing, or seeing someone or something. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking at or beholding beholdinga1225 considerationc1386 advisementa1393 aspecta1398 especcion14.. viewc1450 contemplationc1500 looking ona1516 viewing1548 eyeing1550 perspectionc1550 theoria1590 conspection1611 onlooking1637 spectation1638 aspection1646 prospecting1677 onlook1800 spectating1942 1550 W. Salesbury Baterie of Popes Botereulx sig. D.i The eies of their mynde beyng nother vnmeasurably darkned nor noseled in blindnes, nor yet ouermuche daseled and ouercome wyth the eyeing of shyning brightnes. 1596 tr. Deligtful Hist. Celestina xxvi. 188 The amiable and often eyings of the damsel. 1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (2 Cor. iv. 18) sig. Hhhhh2/2 The eyeing of him who is invisible. a1732 T. Boston Sovereignty & Wisdom of God (1737) 3 A wise eying of the Hand of God in all we find to bear hard upon us. 1795 Philanthropist 28 Dec. 4 The careful eyeing of this concernment. 1820 Etonian Dec. 200 Our hiding-place did not screen us from some very inquisitive eyeings. 1871 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 294/1 ‘She'll tire of all this eyeing before I do,’ thought the gentleman, turning on her a countenance as expressionless as the dead wall of a cotton-mill. 1949 Billboard 4 June 11/2 Three or four non-star show packages..are definitely slanted for Eastern eyeing. 2000 J. Diamond Narr. Means to Sober End (2002) xi. 271 With an enthusiasm and curiosity usually reserved for the eyeing of a passing celebrity, Cynthia exclaimed, ‘This is your brother!’ 2. The action or process of furnishing a needle with an eye. Cf. eye n.1 9a(a), eye v. 6. ΚΠ 1833 Treat. Manuf. Metal (Cabinet Cycl.) II. xv. 358 (heading) Eyeing and filing. 1854 M. T. Morrall Hist. Needle-making 30 In that [stage] of eying..4,000 [needles] per hour are..easily produced. 1909 Fabrics, Fancy Goods & Notions Oct. 18/2 Next comes the eyeing of the needles. 2006 M. C. Beaudry Findings iii. 48 Eyeing consisted of punching out the thin film of metal that remained after stamping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550 |
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