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单词 eyeopener
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eyeopener in American English

(ˈaiˌoupənər)
noun
1. 
an experience or disclosure that gives one a sudden realization or understanding
Her disclosures about her childhood were a real eyeopener
2. 
a drink of liquor taken early in the day and intended to wake a person up fully
Word origin
[1810–20, Amer.; eye + opener]

Examples of 'eyeopener' in a sentence
eyeopener

Take 1½ hours out of your life to see this warts-and-all eyeopener.It was an eyeopener for me on two counts.Locals outnumber visitors and it is a real eyeopener for kids.The school was a real eyeopener for me.This shopping trip was a real eyeopener.The idea that you can build a football stadium completely from wood will be an eyeopener.

In other languages
eyeopener

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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