The organ of sight. Either of the paired globular organs of sight in the head of humans and other vertebrates.
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| 释义 | the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] (119) eyeeOE The organ of sight. Either of the paired globular organs of sight in the head of humans and other vertebrates. the fleshly eyec1175 Of or pertaining to the material body, mortal; material as opposed to spiritual; human as opposed to divine. the fleshly eye: the bodily eye. Now rare… balla1400 More fully ball of the eye. Originally: the pupil or ‘apple’ of the eye; the visible part of the eye, esp. considered as the organ of sight. In… window1481 Hence simply: an eye. Usually in plural. glazier1567 old slang. plural. The eyes. Obsolete. light1580 Power of vision, eyesight (often used in the context of its loss or absence). Obsolete (in later use poetic or rhetorical). crystal1592 poetic. An eye. Usually in plural: the eyes. Cf. sense A. 6. Obsolete. orb1594 Chiefly poetic and humorous. The eyeball; the eye. glass1597 transferred. The eyeball, the eye. poetic. optic1601 The eye. Usually in plural. Now humorous. twinkler1605 Anything which emits intermittent, transient, or faint radiance; sometimes applied to eyes. lampa1616 transferred. plural. The eyes (formerly poetic; now slang). watchera1616 One who watches or keeps watch. Said of the eye. poetic. wink-a-peeps1615 plural. The eyes. Obsolete. visive organa1652 the organ of vision; the eye. ogle1673 slang. An eye; usually in plural. In later use chiefly in context of boxing or fist fighting. Now rare and archaic. peeper1691 slang. An eye. Frequently in plural. goggle?1705 slang. In plural: The eyes. †Also in singular: The white of the eye. visual orb1725 Of the eye, or in phrases denoting this, as visual orb. Chiefly poetic. orbit1727 The eyeball; the eye. Chiefly poetic. winker1734 Chiefly plural applied to the eyes or the eyelashes. Now dialect or slang. peep?1738 slang (also English regional in early use). An eye. Cf. peeper, n.2 3. daylights?1747 In plural. The eyes. Also occasionally: the nostrils. Cf. light, n.1 6a. Cf. also to darken (a person's) daylights at phrases 2a. slang. Now histo… eyewinker1808 An eyelash. Also: an eye or eyelid. Usually in plural. Cf. winker, n.1 2a. keeker1808 A peeper, a gazer; in plural the eyes, ‘peepers’; spec. an overlooker or inspector in a coal-pit, who sees that the coal is sent up in a proper state. glimmer1814 slang. plural. The eyes. blinker1816 The eye. (slang.) glim1820 slang. An eye. goggler1821 slang. An eye. skylight1824 An eye. Cf. daylight, n. 3. Obsolete. rare. ocular1825 humorous. The eye. Obsolete. rare. mince pie1857 British. An eye. Usually in plural. saucer1858 Originally colloquial. An eye, esp. a widely opened one. Chiefly in plural. mince1937 British. An eye; = mince pie, n. 3. Usually in plural. Subcategories:— condition of having one (1) — person having one (6) — types of eyes by colour (5) — by size, shape, etc. (18) — corner of eye (7) — eyelid (16) — movements of eye (30) — gleam or sparkle in eye (1) — with reference to beauty (1) |
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