| 单词 | hawk-eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmashawk-eye hawk-eye n. (a) U.S. colloquial appellation of a native or inhabitant of Iowa, popularly called the ‘Hawk-eye State’; (b) (a person with) a keen eye like that of a hawk. cf. hawk's eye n. 1 also transferred. ΚΠ 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xviii. 261 See, Hawk-eye! 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. xii. 198 I am the man..that got..the compliment of Hawk-eye from the Delawares. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 119 Your hawk~eyes are keen and bright. 1839 (title) Hawk-eye and Iowa Patriot. 1845 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) II. 974 Corn-crackers, Potsoppers, Hard Heads, Hawk Eyes, Rackensacks, etc. 186. in F. Moore Songs of Soldiers (1864) 114 We have come from the prairies Of the young Hawkeye State. 1901 Lady's Realm 10 552/2 The most contemptuous glances of her hawk-eyes. 1911 C. Harris Eve's Second Husband 244 When he ran for Congress the hawkeye of more than one newspaper in the state was turned..upon him. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 45 'Er black hawk-eyes as I've Mistrusted all along! 1960 Ottawa Citizen 18 Nov. 5/4 Across..Canada,..74 federal hawkeyes keep a watch on hundreds of millions of dollars being paid out to unemployed persons. 1966 Listener 2 June 796/2 The head's wife was known behind her back as Hawk-eye from her habit of seeing everything. hawk-eye hawk-eye n. Sport. Usually with capital initials; also as one word. A proprietary name for: a computer system having multiple cameras around the court or pitch which track, predict, and record the trajectory of a ball, the results often being used as an aid in making umpiring or refereeing decisions, esp. in cricket, tennis, and Association Football. ΚΠ 2000 Times 2 June 3/4 The system, named Hawk-Eye, should also bring new insights into television coverage. 2009 L. J. Wertheim Strokes of Genius 63 The umpire agreed the ball was out... Hawk-Eye indicated that it was in. 2016 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. India had an issue with HawkEye ball-tracking system. The improved version will use ultra-motion cameras to predict the path of the ball better. < as lemmas |
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