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  • Conjugation : past  eyed ; ing  eyeing ; ing  eying
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

eye [aɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] [解剖] 眼睛
  2. 2. noun [c] [fig] 眼光
    He scrutinised the pages with a critical eye.
    他以挑剔眼光细看了几页。
  3. 3. noun [c] [of needle]
  4. 4. noun [of tornado] [ hurricane] 风眼
  5. 5. vt. (look at) 审视
    We eyed each other thoughtfully.
    我们仔细审视对方
    to keep an eye on sb/sth
    密切注意某人/某事
    before {or} in front of {or} under one's eyes
    某人眼皮底下
    to catch sb's eye
    [action,movement+] 被某人看到
  6. 6. vt. [person+] (deliberately) 引起某人注意
    to clap {or} lay {or} set eyes on sb/sth
    [inf] 看见某人/某事
    to have one's eye on sth
    [inf] 想要某物
    to keep one's eyes open for {or} to keep an eye out for sb/sth
    留意某人/某事
    to look sb in the eye {or} to meet sb's eyes
    正视某人
    to see sth through sb's eyes
    某人角度
    as far as the eye can see
    视力所及的范围
    in the public eye
    广为人知
    to see eye to eye (with sb)
    (与某人)看法完全一致
    to have an eye for sth
    具有对某物的鉴赏力
    there's more to this than meets the eye
    并不像看到那么简单

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

eye [aɪ]
  1. 1. noun 眼睛
    Her eyes were grey like stones through clear water.
    眼睛灰色,就像清水里的石头
  2. 2. n.[c] [Singular] 视力眼力眼光
    I have a good eye for catching the best shopping deals.
    我很有眼光总能买到划算东西
    He has an artist's eye.
    他有艺术家眼光
    She has an eye for fresh talent.
    她有发现新人才的眼光
  3. 3. n.[c] 注意关注
    I couldn't catch her eye.
    无法引起她的注意
    He tried to catch her eye.
    试图吸引她的眼球
  4. 4. n.[u] 中心核心部位
    The eye of the tornado had finally passed by.
    龙卷风中心最终过去了。
    They were in the eye of the storm.
    他们处在风暴中心
  5. 5. n.[c] 孔,眼
    I had trouble putting the thread into the eye of the needle.
    无法把线穿过针眼
    The thread wouldn't go through the eye.
    那根线穿不过那个针眼
  6. 6. n.[c] [Plural] 意见观点
    In his eye, all of these problems are miniscule.
    在他看来所有这些问题微乎其微
  7. 7. n.[c] [Anatomy] 虹膜
    My eyes are red and swollen.
    眼睛红肿
  8. 8. vt. 看,注视
    He eyed the commotion in the store.
    注视着店中的骚乱

Collins English-English Dictionary

eye [aɪ]
  1. 1. vt. eye up to look at in a manner indicating sexual interest; ogle
  2. 2. n the organ of sight of animals, containing light-sensitive cells associated with nerve fibres, so that light entering the eye is converted to nervous impulses that reach the brain. In man and other vertebrates the iris controls the amount of light entering the eye and the lens focuses the light onto the retina
  3. 3. n [often plural] the ability to see; sense of vision
    weak eyes
  4. 4. n the visible external part of an eye, often including the area around it
    heavy-lidded eyes
    piercing eyes
  5. 5. n a look, glance, expression, or gaze
    a stern eye
  6. 6. n a sexually inviting or provocative look (esp in the phrases give (someone) the (glad) eye, make eyes at)
  7. 7. n attention or observation (often in the phrases catch someone's eye, keep an eye on, cast an eye over)
  8. 8. n ability to recognize, judge, or appreciate
    an eye for antiques
  9. 9. n [often plural] opinion, judgment, point of view, or authority
    in the eyes of the law
  10. 10. n a structure or marking having the appearance of an eye, such as the bud on a twig or potato tuber or a spot on a butterfly wing
  11. 11. n a small loop or hole, as at one end of a needle
  12. 12. n a small area of low pressure and calm in the centre of a tornado or cyclone
  13. 13. n See photocell
  14. 14. n See private eye
  15. 15. vt. [tr] to look at carefully or warily
  16. 16. vt. See also eyes
  17. 17. vt. [Etymology] Old English eage; related to Old Norse auga, Old High German ouga, Sanskrit aksi
eye [aɪ]
  1. 1. n another word for nye

Examples

to cast an eye {or} one's eye(s) over sth
看一眼某物
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
以眼还眼只会让整个世界变得盲目。
It is one of the few areas where we see eye to eye with each other.
这是少有的我们完全拥有相同想法的领域。
Retributive justice demands an eye for an eye.
报复型正义要求以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
a birds-eye view
鸟瞰图;概观
birds-eye maple
鸟眼纹枫木

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