| 单词 | deadeye |
| 释义 | deadeye[ ded-ahy ] / ˈdɛdˌaɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deadeye ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural dead·eyes.Nautical. either of a pair of disks of hardwood having holes through which a lanyard is rove: used to tighten shrouds and stays. an expert marksman. Origin of deadeye1740–50; dead + eye; as nautical term, probably ellipsis from deadman's eye,Middle English dedmaneseye deadeye Words nearby deadeyedead duck, deaden, dead end, dead-end host, deadening, deadeye, deadfall, dead fingers, dead firing, dead freight, dead from the neck up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deadeye
British Dictionary definitions for deadeyedeadeye / (ˈdɛdˌaɪ) / nounnautical either of a pair of disclike wooden blocks, supported by straps in grooves around them, between which a line is rove so as to draw them together to tighten a shroudCompare bull's-eye (def. 9) mainly US informal an expert marksman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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