英语词汇“apple of the eye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. More fully apple of the eye.

a. The pupil of the eye, originally thought to be a solid, spherical body. Occasionally also: the iris and pupil, or the whole eyeball. Now historical.

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the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > pupil

apple of the eyeeOE

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blacka1387

pupillaa1400

sightc1400

pupil?a1425

sheenc1500

strale1553

prunall1612

sight-hole1670

shine1713

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xi. 69 On ðæs siwenigean eagum beoð ða æpplas hale [L. pupilla oculi], ac ða bræwas greatigað,..oððæt sio scearpnes bið gewird ðæs æpples.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xi. 69 Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eagan mon mæg geseon.

a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 145 La prunele, the appel of the eye.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 4 The Appyll of ye ee [1483 BL Add. 89074 Appylle of ee], pupilla.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 153 We see our owne eies shine within the apples of our neighbours eies.

1600 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xiv. 409 The dart did undergore His eye-lid, by his eye's dear roots, & out the apple fell.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xi. 337 None have their eyes all of one color, for the bal or apple in the midst is ordinarily of another color than the white about.

1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1728 Having carefully observ'd the Eyes of several Fishes..I found that the..Pupil or Apple of the Eye, was very flat, like those in Human Creatures.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) He cut asunder the Apple of the eye in several animals.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 374/1 Dull people turn up..the apples of their eyes on beholding Prose by a Poet.

1870 Anthropol. Rev. 8 16 Large dark blue sparkling eye..with much white, of a bluish shade, visible under the apple.

1912 Lancet 12 Oct. 1043/1 The eye was also considered so as to elucidate the origin and application of such terms as bulb, apple, iris, pupil, cataract.

1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. xviii. 238 Just you take a look at Jimmy [sc. a pigeon] here's eye..two circles there be, one for range and t'other for intelligence, and locked up in the apple, sir.

2004 People (Nexis) 25 Jan. 8 At this time [sc. the ninth cent.] the pupil of the eye was thought to be a solid object and was known as the apple because it was spherical.

b. figurative and in extended use. Originally: the type of something precious. In later use chiefly the apple of a person's eye: the particular object of a person's affection or regard; a greatly cherished person or occasionally thing.In early use frequently in translations of or with allusion to biblical passages, as Psalm 17:8 ‘Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy wings’ (King James Bible).

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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun]

darlingc888

the apple of a person's eyeeOE

lief971

light of one's eye(s)OE

lovedOE

my lifelOE

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loveling1606

dotey1663

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passion1783

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dote1809

treasure1844

seraph1853

sloe1884

darlint1888

asthore1894

darl1930

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxix. 133 Se godcunda anwald gefrioðode his deorlingas under [his] fiðra sceate, & hi scilde swa geornlice [swa] swa man deð þone æppel on his eagan.

OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xvi. 8 Geheald me, Drihten, and beorh me, swa swa man byrhð þam æplum on his eagum mid his bræwum.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xvi. 9 (MED) Kepe me..as þe appel of þyn eȝe [L. pupilam oculi tui].

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xvi. 9 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 147 Als appel ofe eghe yheme þou me.

1584 R. Hakluyt Disc. Western Planting (1877) vii. 59 If you touche him in the Indies, you touche the apple of his eye.

1607 E. Sharpham Cupids Whirligig iii. i. sig. G^v [A lady] that shall nourish no blood but your owne, tender your reputation as the apple of her eye, & honour euen your verie footsteps.

1693 J. Bancroft Henry II v. iii. 48 He can't live without you. You're the Apple of his Eye, the Joy of his Heart, the Lamp of his Life.

a1767 M. Bruce Poems (1770) 70 His daughter beautiful and young..The perfect picture of her mother's youth, His age's hope, the apple of his eye.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 139 Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye.

1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 527/2 Col. Gildersleeve has lost his valuable setter dog Don, which animal was the apple of his eye.

1884 Harper's Mag. May 915/1 He was a master of his profession, and his journal was to him as the apple of his eye.

1930 R. Campbell Poems 11 Live and die The apple, nay the onion, of his eye?

1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag (1992) 145 He parked his 1932 Mercedes-Benz (he called it the apple of his eye) outside A Block.

1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 23 Errol was the apple of my grandmother's eye because he was her eldest.

单词	apple of the eye
释义	> as lemmas apple of the eye 6. More fully apple of the eye. a. The pupil of the eye, originally thought to be a solid, spherical body. Occasionally also: the iris and pupil, or the whole eyeball. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > pupil apple of the eyeeOE pearl1340 blacka1387 pupillaa1400 sightc1400 pupil?a1425 sheenc1500 strale1553 prunall1612 sight-hole1670 shine1713 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xi. 69 On ðæs siwenigean eagum beoð ða æpplas hale [L. pupilla oculi], ac ða bræwas greatigað,..oððæt sio scearpnes bið gewird ðæs æpples. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xi. 69 Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eagan mon mæg geseon. a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 145 La prunele, the appel of the eye. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 4 The Appyll of ye ee [1483 BL Add. 89074 Appylle of ee], pupilla. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 153 We see our owne eies shine within the apples of our neighbours eies. 1600 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xiv. 409 The dart did undergore His eye-lid, by his eye's dear roots, & out the apple fell. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xi. 337 None have their eyes all of one color, for the bal or apple in the midst is ordinarily of another color than the white about. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1728 Having carefully observ'd the Eyes of several Fishes..I found that the..Pupil or Apple of the Eye, was very flat, like those in Human Creatures. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) He cut asunder the Apple of the eye in several animals. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 374/1 Dull people turn up..the apples of their eyes on beholding Prose by a Poet. 1870 Anthropol. Rev. 8 16 Large dark blue sparkling eye..with much white, of a bluish shade, visible under the apple. 1912 Lancet 12 Oct. 1043/1 The eye was also considered so as to elucidate the origin and application of such terms as bulb, apple, iris, pupil, cataract. 1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. xviii. 238 Just you take a look at Jimmy [sc. a pigeon] here's eye..two circles there be, one for range and t'other for intelligence, and locked up in the apple, sir. 2004 People (Nexis) 25 Jan. 8 At this time [sc. the ninth cent.] the pupil of the eye was thought to be a solid object and was known as the apple because it was spherical. b. figurative and in extended use. Originally: the type of something precious. In later use chiefly the apple of a person's eye: the particular object of a person's affection or regard; a greatly cherished person or occasionally thing.In early use frequently in translations of or with allusion to biblical passages, as Psalm 17:8 ‘Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy wings’ (King James Bible). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxix. 133 Se godcunda anwald gefrioðode his deorlingas under [his] fiðra sceate, & hi scilde swa geornlice [swa] swa man deð þone æppel on his eagan. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xvi. 8 Geheald me, Drihten, and beorh me, swa swa man byrhð þam æplum on his eagum mid his bræwum. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xvi. 9 (MED) Kepe me..as þe appel of þyn eȝe [L. pupilam oculi tui]. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xvi. 9 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 147 Als appel ofe eghe yheme þou me. 1584 R. Hakluyt Disc. Western Planting (1877) vii. 59 If you touche him in the Indies, you touche the apple of his eye. 1607 E. Sharpham Cupids Whirligig iii. i. sig. G^v [A lady] that shall nourish no blood but your owne, tender your reputation as the apple of her eye, & honour euen your verie footsteps. 1693 J. Bancroft Henry II v. iii. 48 He can't live without you. You're the Apple of his Eye, the Joy of his Heart, the Lamp of his Life. a1767 M. Bruce Poems (1770) 70 His daughter beautiful and young..The perfect picture of her mother's youth, His age's hope, the apple of his eye. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 139 Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 527/2 Col. Gildersleeve has lost his valuable setter dog Don, which animal was the apple of his eye. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 915/1 He was a master of his profession, and his journal was to him as the apple of his eye. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 11 Live and die The apple, nay the onion, of his eye? 1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag (1992) 145 He parked his 1932 Mercedes-Benz (he called it the apple of his eye) outside A Block. 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 23 Errol was the apple of my grandmother's eye because he was her eldest. extracted from applen. < as lemmas
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