| 单词 | swine eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswine eye swine eye n. (also swine's eye) [compare German Schweinsauge (18th cent. as Schweinauge)] (usually in plural) an eye likened to that of a pig, esp. in being small and deep-set; cf. swine-eyed adj.In quot. a1887 with specific reference to eyes which cannot be directed upwards. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > by size, shape, etc. pinkany?1578 pig's eye1658 pigsney1664 ox-eye1688 pig-eye1714 sparkler1746 gooseberry-eye1789 eyelet1799 gooseberry-orb1803 pop-eye1828 swine eye1836 pink-eye1897 bug-eyes1905 1836 E. Robinson tr. W. Gesenius Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon Old Test. 330/1 To have small eyes or swine's eyes. a1887 R. Jefferies in Longman's Mag. (1892) Mar. 529 Curses on our insular swine-eyes that could not see it. 1911 H. L. Stuart Fenella i. iv. 38 I hit him, clean and sweet, on the cheekbone, just under his damned leering swine's eye. 1988 Ms. Mag. Aug. 79/2 Mrs. Anderholt..didn't take her teeny swine eyes off me once. < as lemmas |
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