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bull's-eye

Word forms: plural bull's-eyes

1. countable noun

The bull's-eye is the small circular area at the centre of a target.

Five of his bullets had hit the bull's-eye.

2. countable noun

In shooting or the game of darts, a bull's-eye is a shot or throw of a dart that hits the bull's-eye.

3. countable noun

If something that you do or say hits the bull's-eye, it has exactly the effect that you intended it to have.

[informal]

bull's-eye in British English

noun

the small central disc of a target, usually the highest valued area

a shot hitting this

3. informal

something that exactly achieves its aim

a small circular or oval window or opening

a thick disc of glass set into a ship's deck, etc, to admit light

the glass boss at the centre of a sheet of blown glass

a small thick plano-convex lens used as a condenser

a lamp or lantern containing such a lens

a peppermint-flavoured, usually striped, boiled sweet

9. nautical

a circular or oval wooden block with a groove around it for the strop of a shroud and a hole at its centre for a line

Compare deadeye

10. meteorology

the eye or centre of a cyclone

bull's-eye in American English

(ˈbʊlzˌaɪ)

noun

a thick, circular glass in a roof, ship's deck, etc., for admitting light

any circular opening for light or air

the circular central mark of a target

a shot that hits this

a direct hit

the exact achievement of a goal aimed at

a convex lens for concentrating light

a lantern with such a lens

a hard, round candy

Word origin

as in Fr oeil de boeuf, Dan koöie, cow eye, Sw oxoga, ox eye, all applied to small, round windows

Examples of 'bull's-eye' in a sentence
bull's-eye

A group of deer standing in a forest, one of them had a bull's-eye drawn on its chest.She was on the point of saying her final farewell when she fired one last, forlorn, hopeless shot, and scored a bull's-eye.A long low bookcase stood along the wall further down, with two small bull's-eye mirrors hung over it, reflecting the room in little.

Definition of 'bull's-eye'

单词	bulls-eye
释义	Trends of bull's-eye View usage for: bull's-eye Word forms: plural bull's-eyes 1. countable noun The bull's-eye is the small circular area at the centre of a target. Five of his bullets had hit the bull's-eye. 2. countable noun In shooting or the game of darts, a bull's-eye is a shot or throw of a dart that hits the bull's-eye. 3. countable noun If something that you do or say hits the bull's-eye, it has exactly the effect that you intended it to have. [informal] bull's-eye in British English noun 1. the small central disc of a target, usually the highest valued area 2. a shot hitting this 3. informal something that exactly achieves its aim 4. a small circular or oval window or opening 5. a thick disc of glass set into a ship's deck, etc, to admit light 6. the glass boss at the centre of a sheet of blown glass 7. a. a small thick plano-convex lens used as a condenser b. a lamp or lantern containing such a lens 8. a peppermint-flavoured, usually striped, boiled sweet 9. nautical a circular or oval wooden block with a groove around it for the strop of a shroud and a hole at its centre for a line Compare deadeye 10. meteorology the eye or centre of a cyclone bull's-eye in American English (ˈbʊlzˌaɪ) noun 1. a thick, circular glass in a roof, ship's deck, etc., for admitting light 2. any circular opening for light or air 3. a. the circular central mark of a target b. a shot that hits this c. a direct hit d. the exact achievement of a goal aimed at 4. a. a convex lens for concentrating light b. a lantern with such a lens 5. a hard, round candy Word origin as in Fr oeil de boeuf, Dan koöie, cow eye, Sw oxoga, ox eye, all applied to small, round windows Examples of 'bull's-eye' in a sentence bull's-eye A group of deer standing in a forest, one of them had a bull's-eye drawn on its chest. James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002) She was on the point of saying her final farewell when she fired one last, forlorn, hopeless shot, and scored a bull's-eye. Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL (2002) A long low bookcase stood along the wall further down, with two small bull's-eye mirrors hung over it, reflecting the room in little. Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY (2002) Definition of 'bull's-eye'
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