| 单词 | to meet the eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto meet the eye (also ear) b. transitive. Of an object of attention: to present itself to, to come to the notice of (a person's sight, hearing, etc.). Esp. in to meet the eye (also ear), etc. Also to meet the eye of: to happen to be seen by. more than meets the eye (also ear): more significance or complexity than is at first apparent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 appearc1360 to meet the eye (also ear)1645 notice1961 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > be or become audible [verb (intransitive)] bursta1325 risea1325 sounda1325 arisec1330 wrestc1400 uprise?a1513 to meet the eye (also ear)1645 ascend1667 to breeze up1752 well1825 to break stillness1853 fade1879 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] exercisea1538 entertainc1540 replenish1548 rouse1583 catcha1586 amuse1586 detainc1595 attract1599 grope1602 concerna1616 take1634 stay1639 engage1642 meet1645 nudge1675 strike1697 hitcha1764 seize1772 interest1780 acuminate1806 arrest1835 grip1891 intrigue1894 grab1966 work1969 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > [noun] > instance of implicative1589 subintelligitur1612 subintelligence1631 undersong1631 deuteroscopy1646 implication1657 subauditur1702 undermeaning1841 implial1846 more than meets the eye (also ear)1853 under-sense1859 overtone1869 implicate1881 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 42 Of Forests, and inchantments drear, Where more is meant then meets the ear. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 18 Chariots and flaming Armes, and fierie Steeds Reflecting blaze on blaze, first met his view. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 48 Where'er he turns, enjoyment and delight..meet his sight. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 308 There might be more in it than at first met the eye. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xviii. 211 Striking pious attitudes at every object of reverence that meets his eye. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. iii. viii. 368 There's more here, sir, however,..than meets the eye. I don't believe in suicide, nor in pure accident, myself. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 21 ‘There is more in this than meets the eye,’ I said. ‘Why should your uncle ask a fellow to lunch whom he's never seen?’ 1924 R. H. Mottram Spanish Farm iii. 199 The first object that met the gaze of the little party, as they rounded the corner of the building, was Leon's garden ladder. 1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Feb. b6/3 There may be more to corporate-restructuring charges than meets the eye of the average shareholder. 2001 New Statesman 23 July 8/1 Clarke..and Dunwoody..have more in common than first meets the eye. < as lemmas |
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