| 单词 | to open its eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto open its eye 20. The centre of an eddy or vortex. Also †to open its eye: (of a cloud) to break around its centre (obsolete). Now chiefly in the eye of the storm (also hurricane) at Phrases 3g. ΚΠ 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. ii. iii. 213 The cloud..begins, according to the sailors phrase, to open its eye, i.e. the cloud breaks, and the part of the horizon where it was formed becomes clear. 1852 F. P. B. Martin Mem. Equinoctial Storms i. 13 These two Steamers must have been nearly midway in the central Storm's-eye on the 28th. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling v. 144 The eye of the stream..is always the most favourable spot for fish. By the eye I mean the first good eddy on the inside of any stream after it commences its shoot. 1961 N.Y. Times 17 June 20/3 The king who looks into the whirlpool's eye. 1989 C. Martin & G. Parker Spanish Armada (1999) iii. xii. 219 The true sequence of events was revealed in 1968 when the wreck of the Santa Maria was located in deep water at the eye of the tide race. 2010 P. O'Brien Hurricanes & Tornadoes 14 The plane loses altitude and is tossed about before it reaches the calmness of the eye. < as lemmas |
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