单词 | white-eyed |
释义 | white-eyedadj. Having white eyes (in various senses); showing the whites of the eyes; (of a bird) having a white iris or white markings around the eye (cf. white-eye n.). Frequently in names of birds.In quot. 1607 = wall-eyed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having particular colour eyes > having colour round eyes white-eyed1607 red-eyed1671 white-browed1740 supercilious1782 superciliary1819 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > white-eyed white-eyed1607 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > types of eyes by colour > having grey-eyed1534 green-eyed1553 blue-eyed1572 black-eyed1576 yellow-eyed1593 white-eyed1607 red-eyed?1609 ferret-eyed1699 golden-eyed1763 light-eyeda1795 pink-eyed1830 brown-eyed1865 sloe-eyed1869 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 6 The horse that is whale-eyde, or white eyed, is for the most part shrewd, craftie, full of toyes, and dim sighted. 1670 R. Blome Geogr. Descr. World ii. 49/2 They [sc. the inhabitants of Guiny] are of a Corpulent body, flat nosed, broad shouldered, white eyed and teeth'd, small eared, &c. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) July v. 42 The Marrow-fats are of two Sorts, the White-eyed, and the Black-eyed. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 475 White-eyed Warbler. 1797 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardiner (ed. 15) 670/2 Whited eyed [auricula], of all varieties. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art lxii, in Poems (new ed.) 86 White-eyed phantasms weeping tears of blood. 1865 Ibis 1 303 In some places the Black-eyed birds [sc. crows], and in others the White-eyed ones, prevail. 1891 Victorian Naturalist 7 170 As we pass along we note..the Wonga Wonga Pigeon, the Harmonious Shrike-Thrush, and the White-eyed Zosterops. 1922 Brooklyn Bot. Garden Rec. 11 142 Likewise, white-eyed races [of peas] give rise to white-eyed progeny. 1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 35 James Bond lists it as the White-eyed Thrush. 1988 A. McCaffrey Dragonsdawn 168 Neighing and white-eyed with fear, the mare leapt into the water. 2010 B. A. Pierce Genetics Essent. iv. 76/2 Morgan..predicted that a cross between a white-eyed female and a red-eyed male would produce all red-eyed females and all white-eyed males. Compounds white-eyed vireo n. a small songbird of North and Central America, Vireo griseus, having greyish-green upperparts, white underparts, and white irises; cf. white-eye n. 1. ΚΠ 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 328 (heading) The White-eyed Flycatcher, or Vireo. Vireo noveboracensis, Ch. Bonap. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 162 The White-eyed Vireo is an extremely uncommon bird in New England. 2003 Oxf. Amer. Jan. 67/2 Spanish moss..provides nest bedding for the northern parula warbler, white-eyed vireo, and mockingbird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1607 |
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