| 单词 | squint |
| 释义 | squint —squinter, n. —squintingly, adv. —squintingness, n. /skwint/, v.i. 1. to look with the eyes partly closed. 2. Ophthalm. to be affected with strabismus; be cross-eyed. 3. to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. 4. to make or have an indirect reference to or bearing on; tend or incline toward (usually fol. by toward, at, etc.). v.t. 5. to close (the eyes) partly in looking: The baby squinted its eyes at the bright lights. 6. to cause to squint; cause to look obliquely. n. 7. an act or instance of squinting. 8. Ophthalm. a condition of the eye consisting in noncoincidence of the optic axes; strabismus. 9. Informal. a quick glance: Let me have a squint at that paper. 10. a looking obliquely or askance. 11. an indirect reference. 12. an inclination or tendency, esp. an oblique or perverse one. 13. Also called hagioscope. (in a church) a small opening in a wall giving a view of the altar. adj. 14. looking obliquely; looking with a side glance; looking askance. 15. Ophthalm. (of the eyes) affected with strabismus. [1350-1400 for earlier adv. sense; 1570-80 for adj. senses; ME; aph. var. of ASQUINT] |
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