释义 |
wall·eyed \-īd\ adjective Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of wall) (I) from Middle English wawil-eghed, part translation of Old Norse vagl-eygr walleyed, from vagl beam, roost, beam in the eye + eygr, eygthr eyed; akin to Old Norse vega to move, carry, lift — more at weigh 1. a. : having very light gray or whitish eyes < a walleyed horse > b. : having the eyes directed outward : affected with a divergent squint < the operation turned him from cross-eyed to walleyed > 2. : affected with leucoma 3. : marked by a wild irrational staring of the eyes < flailed away in walleyed fear — Time > < had a walleyed fit — Ross Santee > 4. : having an oblique uncertain appearance or character < walleyed … foreign policy — New Yorker > |