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单词 eye-opener
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eye-opener

Word forms: plural eye-openers
countable noun [usually singular]
If you describe something as an eye-opener, you mean that it surprises you and that you learn something new from it.
[informal]
The exhibition is a huge historical eye-opener. The realism is fascinating.
The experience has been an eye-opener for her and she is thrilled with her progress.

eye-opener in British English

noun informal
1. 
something startling or revealing
2.  US and Canadian
an alcoholic drink taken early in the morning

eye-opener in American English

(ˈaɪˌoʊpənər)
US
noun
1. 
a surprising piece of news, sudden realization, etc.
2.  Informal
an alcoholic drink, esp. one taken early in the day
Derived forms
eye-opening (ˈeye-ˌopening)
adjective

Examples of 'eye-opener' in a sentence
eye-opener

We are deep in it and that moment was a big eye-opener.
The Sun (2007)
Meeting my wife was a real eye-opener.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a great life experience and a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2014)
Their conversations proved a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2012)
I reckon it was a real eye-opener for the general public.
The Sun (2008)
That was the biggest eye-opener of the Paralympics.
The Sun (2012)
Russia was another big eye-opener.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He'd find it a big eye-opener.
The Sun (2016)
It was a massive eye-opener.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That was a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2008)
So tightening the purse strings on Monday was a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2014)
Living in America is a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2015)
It was a real eye-opener, and quite a good way of coming to terms with divorce.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's been a real eye-opener to see how many get away with it.
The Sun (2012)
It's a real eye-opener of a show.
The Sun (2016)
He is doing a great job, but this will be a real eye-opener for him.
The Sun (2013)
And playing with better players has been an eye-opener, a real learning experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
For me, the big eye-opener was the section on the challenges of storing digital movies for posterity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A real eye-opener of an offer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The singers were brilliant and the soldiers were marvellous - to see the courageous ways they are rebuilding their lives was a real eye-opener.
The Sun (2008)

In other languages
eye-opener

British English: eye-opener NOUN
If you describe something as an eye-opener, you mean that it surprises you and that you learn something new from it.
This summer's tour was an eye-opener for her. For the first time ever, the halls were not fully booked.
  • American English: eye-opener
  • Brazilian Portuguese: revelação
  • Chinese: 大开眼界的事物
  • European Spanish: revelación
  • French: révélation
  • German: Aha-Erlebnis
  • Italian: rivelazione
  • Japanese: 目を見張らせるもの
  • Korean: 눈이 휘둥그래지게 놀랄만한 일
  • European Portuguese: revelação
  • Latin American Spanish: revelación
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