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单词 right-eye
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right-eyeadj.

Brit. /ˈrʌɪtʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈraɪdˌaɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., eye n.1
Etymology: < right adj. + eye n.1
1. Of a sin: associated with sight or thought. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.An allusion to Matthew 5:29: ‘If thy right eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee’ (King James Bible).
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1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 58 I desire nothing more..than that God would pull out right-eye sins, and cut off right-hand sins.
2. Of or relating to the right eye of a person or animal. Cf. right-eyed adj. 2.
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1853 J. Hogg Elem. Exper. & Nat. Philos. 240 These diagrams are constructed to represent what may be termed right and left eye views of objects, as we should actually see them with the left or right eye alternately.
1856 D. Brewster Stereoscope v. 83 The right-eye view of any solid must be placed on the left hand.
1930 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 3 412 The right-handed tend rather more to right-eye dominance than do the left-handed to the dominance of the left eye.
1992 A. Steele Labyrinth of Night 55 A tiny crosshairs had appeared in his helmet's right-eye monocle.
2008 M. Stadler Psychol. Baseball iv. 116 If it is lined up for your right eye, you are right-eye dominant.

Compounds

righteye flounder n. chiefly U.S. = right-eyed flounder n. at right-eyed adj. Compounds.
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1960 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (ed. 2) Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 2. 47 Pleuronectidae—righteye flounders.
1997 J. Higginbotham Piscinae ii. 51 Right-eye flounders are not common in the Mediterranean.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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