| 单词 | night eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight eye night eye n. (a) an eye able to see or adapted for seeing in the dark (usually in plural); (b) U.S. = chestnut n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [noun] ferret-eye1590 squirrel eyes1600 hawk's eye1684 piercer1752 gimlet-eye1825 lynx-eye1828 bug-eyes1905 camera eye1908 night eye1934 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > foreleg > chestnut (knob of skin on) chestnut1859 castor1888 night eye1934 1934 Q. Rev. Biol. 9 209 Some eyes are fixed as day-eyes, with much pigment; some as night-eyes, with little pigment. 1948 Sat. Evening Post 29 May 116/1 Six photographs are taken—a front view, side view and close-ups of the horse's four ‘chestnuts’, or ‘night eyes’, which are the rough protrusions of scaly, hardened skin that are on the inner side of each leg. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring ii. ix. 402 It was dark, but not too dark for the night-eyes of Orcs. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 46/3 The only foolproof form of identification is comparison of the chestnuts, or night eyes—horny growths on the inside of the legs. 1989 S. Romain How to live Safely (BNC) 22 Car headlamps are a different matter: they wreck night vision immediately. The simple answer is to close the same eye whenever a car approaches; that is your ‘night eye’. < as lemmas |
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