| 单词 | not to bat an eye, eyelid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to bat an eye, eyelid 2. transitive (originally dialect and in U.S.) to bat the eyes: to move the eyelids quickly, to wink. Also frequently in colloquial phrase (normally in negative form), not to bat an eye, eyelid, etc. (a) not to sleep a wink; (b) to betray no emotion (originally U.S.). Also intransitive.In quot. 1950 the phrase means contextually ‘I didn't open my eyes (i.e. I slept heavily)’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink twinklea1300 prinkc1330 winka1400 twinkc1400 wapper1575 pimper1600 twire1601 hoodwink1641 connive1712 nictate1755 bat1838 blink1858 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > be wakeful or sleepless (not) to sleep a or one wink1303 to close an eye1580 vigilate1774 not to bat an eye, eyelid1889 the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)] to keep one's countenance1470 to get above ——1603 to keep one's head1717 keep your shirt on1844 to keep one's hair on1883 to keep one's wool1890 not to bat an eye, eyelid1904 to keep one's pants on1928 to play it cool1955 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms 9/1 Bat, to wink..Derby. 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs xii. 143 I didn't say nuthin, but jist batted my eye at old Chamblin. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Bat, to wink. Derbysh. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Bat, to wink, or rather to move the eyelids up and down quickly. 1883 American 6 237 To bat the eyes, meaning to wink, when we desire to express the rapidity of the action. 1883 J. Harris in Cent. Mag. May 146 You hol' your head high; don't you bat your eyes to please none of 'em. 1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove xii. 208 If my patient can't sleep, not a soul in the house shall bat an eye all night. 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 7 Aug. 1 The Judge would say: ‘That's interesting..I hadn't heard of it.’ But, as they say out West, ‘he wouldn't bat an eye’. 1910 ‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs viii. 113 I've stood by you without batting an eye in earthquakes, fire and flood. 1930 Eng. Jrnl. 19 607 We do want the facts, and we are willing to look them straight in the eye without batting a lash. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included vi. 109 I was tired..and I never batted an eyelid until Beatrice brought in my breakfast. 1959 News Chron. 14 July 4/6 [Japan] slipped from..past to..present without, you might say, batting an eyelid. < as lemmas |
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