| 释义 |
ox-eyed, a.|ˈɒksˌaɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
1. Having large full eyes like those of an ox.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. ii. ii. (1676) 290/1 Homer useth that Epithite of Ox-eyed, in describing Juno, because a round black eye is the best. 1792Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) II. 476 Your friend is..not quite so great a vixen as the ox-eyed Juno. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 3 Eyes of hazel,..such for size and lustre as Homer gives to ox-eyed Juno. 1895Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 7/1 How stolid he looks! How ox-eyed!.. How mildly ruminative!
2. Of the form of a pointed or Gothic arch.
1736Drake Eboracum App. p. xxxiii, The acuter, oxeyed, arch coming then into fashion. |