单词 | night-eyed |
释义 | > as lemmasnight-eyed night-eyed adj. capable of seeing in the dark (in quot. 1605, at the expense of daylight vision). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > able to see at night night-eyed1605 nocturnal1840 nyctalope1848 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 363 I dare tell you..That our Night-ey'd Tiberius doth not see His Minions driftes. View more context for this quotation 1838 R. Southey Madoc ii. xxvi, in Poet. Wks. V. 376 The night-eyed insect tribes Wake to their portion of the circling hours. 1999 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 7 b April 15 creeps up on us in the dark, staring like some kind of night-eyed beast. < as lemmas |
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