eye-beamn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪbiːm/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌbim/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and beam n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, beam n.¹

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + beam n.¹

Now rare (chiefly literary in later use).

A glance of the eye, imagined as a beam of light.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > visual ray

ray1531

eye-beam1583

visual ray1625

visual1726

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

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laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. G.iii^v Aurelia..whose bright eye beams like the precious Carbuncle show so many reflexions.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 26 So sweete a kisse the golden Sunne giues not..As thy eye beames .

1640 T. Carew Poems 61 Through those Crystalls our soules flitting, Shall a pure wreathe of eye-beames twine.

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. 22 Whenever we star'd upon em, they would steal a look at us; by stealth have often twisted Eye-beams with us.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xii. 121 High indignation filled her disdainful eye, eye-beam after eye-beam flashing at me.

1841 R. W. Emerson Friendship in Ess. 1st Ser. vi. 159 Read the language of these wandering eye-beams.

1886 J. Burroughs Signs & Seasons (1887) 79 One looks up and down and through the tree,—shoots his eye-beams into it as he might discharge his gun at some game hidden there.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 11 Now something pink passes the eyehole. Now an eye-beam is slid through the chink... She has found me.

2010 H. M. Hine tr. Seneca Nat. Questions 148 Others say that not images but the bodies themselves are seen in a mirror, as the eye-beam is twisted round and bent back upon itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eye-beam
释义	eye-beamn. Brit. /ˈʌɪbiːm/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌbim/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and beam n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, beam n.¹ Etymology: < eye n.¹ + beam n.¹ Now rare (chiefly literary in later use). A glance of the eye, imagined as a beam of light. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > visual ray ray1531 eye-beam1583 visual ray1625 visual1726 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. G.iii^v Aurelia..whose bright eye beams like the precious Carbuncle show so many reflexions. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 26 So sweete a kisse the golden Sunne giues not..As thy eye beames . View more context for this quotation 1640 T. Carew Poems 61 Through those Crystalls our soules flitting, Shall a pure wreathe of eye-beames twine. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. 22 Whenever we star'd upon em, they would steal a look at us; by stealth have often twisted Eye-beams with us. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xii. 121 High indignation filled her disdainful eye, eye-beam after eye-beam flashing at me. 1841 R. W. Emerson Friendship in Ess. 1st Ser. vi. 159 Read the language of these wandering eye-beams. 1886 J. Burroughs Signs & Seasons (1887) 79 One looks up and down and through the tree,—shoots his eye-beams into it as he might discharge his gun at some game hidden there. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 11 Now something pink passes the eyehole. Now an eye-beam is slid through the chink... She has found me. 2010 H. M. Hine tr. Seneca Nat. Questions 148 Others say that not images but the bodies themselves are seen in a mirror, as the eye-beam is twisted round and bent back upon itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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