单词 | ox-eyed |
释义 | ox-eyedadj. 1. literary. Having eyes resembling those of an ox; esp. having large round or protuberant eyes.In early use esp. as an epithet of Hera or Juno (after Homer). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. ii. 560 Homer vseth that Epithite of Ox-eyed, in describing Iuno, because a round blacke eye is the best. 1715 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad I. i. Observ. 82 The Greek is Βοωπισ ποτνια Ερε, which is commonly translated The venerable Oxey'd Juno. 1792 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) II. 476 Your friend is..not quite so great a vixen as the ox-eyed Juno. 1855 F. Soulé Ann. San Francisco ii. ix. 258 Among whom might be particularly remarked numbers of thick-lipped, hook-nosed, ox-eyed, cunning, oily Jews. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 7/1 How stolid he looks! How ox-eyed!.. How mildly ruminative! 1964 J. Hogarth Etruscan Italy v. 60 Athena retained the eyes of an owl, Hera remained ox-eyed. 1987 W. Stegner Crossing to Safety iii. 29 Ox-eyed Sally, she of the Demeter brow, she had no residue of impatience at having been pried at. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch schemed1715 rampant1725 surmounted1728 ox-eyed1736 round-headed1751 full-centred1756 rounded1757 shark-toothed1794 straight1812 spandrelled1813 keyed1822 full centre1837 ogival1841 ogived1845 subarcuated1849 bonnet-headed1850 ogeed1851 uncusped1859 voussoired1875 subordered1898 1736 F. Drake Eboracum App. p. xxxiii The acuter, oxeyed, arch coming then into fashion. Compounds ox-eyed daisy n. = ox-eye daisy n. at ox-eye n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 91 Chrysanthemum..leucanthemum..ox-eyed daisy. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 428/2 The buttercup, the dandelion, and the ox-eyed daisy displacing the anemone and violet. 1995 Guardian 22 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 64/5 Native flowers will dominate in May and June, particularly the yellow-daisied Hawkbits..following the sun around as do the ox-eyed daisies, which go so well with them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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