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单词 red-eyed
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red-eyedadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛdʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌaɪd/
Forms: see red adj. and n. and eyed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., eyed adj.
Etymology: < red adj. + eyed adj. Compare red-eye n.
1. That has the iris of a red colour. Also in extended use.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > having red eyes
red-eyed?1609
red-eyed1863
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > types of eyes by colour > having
grey-eyed1534
green-eyed1553
blue-eyed1572
black-eyed1576
yellow-eyed1593
white-eyed1607
red-eyed?1609
ferret-eyed1699
golden-eyed1763
light-eyeda1795
pink-eyed1830
brown-eyed1865
sloe-eyed1869
?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads xi. 186 The red eyde Goddesse seated there, thundered the Orthian song, High and with horror, through the eares of all the Grecian throng.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ure, the huge-bodied, bulch-backed, short-horned, and red-eyed wild Oxe, called the Vre-oxe.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 94 Bid the golden god the Sunne,..Put all his red eyed rubies on.
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 158 They are reddish or red-eyd, which signifies their malice.
a1714 Earl of Cromarty Hist. Family Mackenzie in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) II. 475 Sewill Dearhullach, that is reed-eyed.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 525 The red-eyed Lepus, with a very short tail.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xv. 236 At his feet sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog.
1934 C. Carmer in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) iii. ii. 490 Two-Toe is a red-eyed 'gator and about fourteen feet long.
1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 25/4 Creamy-white, red-eyed animals are probably best referred to in the vernacular as ‘ferrets’.
2.
a. In the names of birds: having red eyes, or eyes surrounded by a red ring. See also Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having particular colour eyes
red-eyed1671
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having particular colour eyes > having colour round eyes
white-eyed1607
red-eyed1671
white-browed1740
supercilious1782
superciliary1819
1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 6 There was Red-ey'd Pidgeons, Turtle Doves, and Antelops.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 370 The red-eyed Parrot.
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 211 Red-eyed Bunting. Round the eyes naked, and of a rose-colour.
1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 270 Their manners very much resemble those of the red-eyed, or towhe bunting.
1884 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1883 62 Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Greenlet. Common in orchards and groves.
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 246/2 In Australia is found the Red-eyed Rainbow Bee-eater (M. ornatus), which is chiefly yellowish green washed with pale blue on the lower back and cheeks.
1993 Honeyguide 39 23 (title) Red-eyed dove eats seeds of Croton megalobotrys.
b. In the names of insects, fishes, etc.: having red eyes or eyelike markings.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > having red eyes
red-eyed?1609
red-eyed1863
1863 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 8 Aug. The red eyed cicada, commonly known as the seventeen years locust.
1871 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869–70 11 81 It bites the hook very readily, and is called the red-eyed bream on the Catawba.
1937 C. Longfield Dragonflies Brit. Isles 170 The Red-eyed Damsel-fly should be easy enough to tell by its eyes alone.
1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xviii. 224 Butterflies with Mexican affinities..include colorful specialties such as the Pima Orangetip, Red-eyed Brown..and Arizona Pine White.
2001 Pract. Fishkeeping Feb. 16/2 Fish..such as Tiger barbs, Red eyed tetras, Black widow tetras..and Serpae tetras can often nip the fins of Guppies.
3. That has the eyelids reddened by tears, lack of sleep, etc. Also in extended use.
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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
1800 S. Gunning Fashionable Involvements I. xx. 128 Now, since you have talked to her so seriously, I suppose she must be transformed into a perfect Melpomene, or at best a red-eyed Magdalen.
1840 C. H. Townshend Descriptive Tour Scotl. 117 The very look of such an one is repulsive,..red-eyed and blinking for want of the precious collyrium of sleep.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xv. 284 It was as heavy on him in his scanty sleep, as in his red-eyed waking hours.
1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy (1912) 48 Old parson, red-eyed as a ferret From nightly wrestlings with the spirit.
1959 PMLA 74 616/2 Claire de Cintre is a strangely reticent woman..who emerges periodically from the confessionals of St. Sulpice, red-eyed and crying.
2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen xiii. 86 Heather had stopped crying. Now she was just sitting there all red-eyed and blotchy and still in her night-dress.

Compounds

red-eyed flycatcher n. now historical = red-eyed vireo n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > genus Muscicapa (fly-catcher) > other types of
red-eyed flycatcher1754
politician1810
1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Carolina (rev. ed.) I. 54 The red ey'd Fly-catcher. Muscicapa olivacea. The iris of the eyes are red.
1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 287 The Red-eyed Fly~catcher is an inhabitant of the whole of our forests.
1951 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 532/2 The red-eyed flycatcher is of course the red-eyed vireo.
red-eyed vireo n. a migratory vireo, Vireo olivaceus, with a black and white eyestripe and red eyes, widespread in both North and South America.
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1832 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Land Birds 312 Red-Eyed Vireo, or Flycatcher... This common and indefatigable songster appears to inhabit every part of the American continent.
1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 386 Red-eyed vireo, Vireosylvia olivacea.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June (Picture insert) (caption) Monotonously all day long..this red-eyed vireo, sometimes called ‘preacher bird’, calls out ‘Look up—way up—tree top’, etc.
1997 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 13 559 At this area, the red-eyed vireo..was the most important seed disperser.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?1609
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