单词 | to look at the eyes |
释义 | > as lemmasto look (someone) at the eyes (a) to look (a person) in the eye(s): to look directly or unashamedly at; = to look (a person) in the face at face n. Phrases 1c. Also with adverb (as full, straight, etc.), and occasionally †to look (someone) at the eyes. ΚΠ ?1537 Hugh of Caumpedene tr. Hist. Kyng Boccus sig. I.iijv Nomore than now is velanye For to loke a man in the eye. 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 144 Whilst Cleonisbe was talking, the Prince of Phoceus looked her full in the eyes. 1760 Scots Mag. Jan. 34/2 If he listen while I tell a tale, Or look me but full in the eye, I faulter, I blush, and turn pale. 1837 N.Y. Mirror 23 Dec. 203/2 ‘Look me directly in the eye!’ cried Dorn, seizing the hand of the unpractised dissembler. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. v. 88 She..looks you straight at the eyes, perfectly unabashed. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xlii. 60 With..friendly brows and laughter He looked me in the eyes. 1931 E. A. Guest Friendly Way 23 I want to be able as days go by Always to look myself straight in the eye. 1933 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 97 I looked those mayors in the eye and I told them what the exact truth was. 1965 Listener 1 July 4/1 To be modern enough to look the great industrial powers in the eye on a basis of full equality. 2005 H. Harari View from Eye of Storm xii. 71 When I ordered a salad, the kind waitress looked me straight in the eye and asked: ‘French, Roquefort, Thousand Islands?’ < as lemmas |
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