单词 | eyelid |
释义 | eyelid (once / 750 pages) n Your eyelid is the piece of skin that closes over your eyeball when you blink. The purpose of your eyelids is to protect your eye (and, of course, to be decorated with eye shadow). When you close your eyes to go to sleep, you're actually closing your eyelids — and they are making it easier for you to sleep by blocking any light from your eyes. Humans actually have upper and lower eyelids that keep dust, sweat, and other substances out of their eyes, and also spread moisture across the entire eye with each blink. WORD FAMILYeyelid: eyelids USAGE EXAMPLESFew would dare start to learn Latin dance here, but if you do, no one will bat an eyelid. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) The lights surprise most travelers, who are typically staring into phones, computers or closed eyelids. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) They were like tiny pimples, each with whitish pus at the tips, and they covered the whole of his face, even his eyelids. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) n either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye Syn|Hyper lid, palpebra protective fold a flap of tissue that protects what it covers |
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