| 单词 | bull's eye |
| 释义 | bull's eye (once / 29475 pages) n The very center of a shooting or archery target is a bull's eye. An archer gets ten points if her arrow hits the bull's eye. The familiar design of ever-smaller circles within circles is a bull's eye, whether it's an actual target or just resembles one. Darts players might yell, "Bull's eye!" when they hit that center ring. The term originated with 1880s shooting competitions in England, either from the idea that the black circle in the middle of the target looks like the eye of a bull, or possibly a five shilling coin that was popularly called a bull's eye. WORD FAMILYbull's eye USAGE EXAMPLESA gash by the staggered bull's eye tells the tale, echoing the blood running from the vanquished boxer's head. Los Angeles Times(Apr 13, 2016) Washington looks like the bull's eye of the blizzard, Uccellini said. US News(Jan 22, 2016) The office has vivid red walls, elaborate sconces and a Federal-style bull's eye mirror. US News(Feb 06, 2015) 1n the center of a target Syn|Hyper bull center, centre, midpoint a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure 2n in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied Hyper score the act of scoring in a game or sport 3n something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal scored a bull's eye Syn|Hyper bell ringer, home run, mark success an attainment that is successful |
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