释义 |
narrow-eyed, a. [narrow a. 1 and 5.] †1. Observing closely. Obs. rare—1.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. vi, These narrow⁓ey'd decypherers..that will extort strange and abstruse meanings out of any subject. 2. Having narrow eyes. Also fig.
1607Middleton Phœnix ii. iii. 147 They blind him with beer, and make him so narrow-eyed, that he winks naturally at all their knaveries. 1687Wood Life 5 Sept. (O.H.S.) III. 236 All the Chineses, Tartars, and all that part of the world was narrow-eyed. 1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3942/4 A black slight Limb'd Mare,..narrow Ey'd. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 160 The..obstinate, narrow-eyed, restless man! |