单词 | not to be able to take one's eyes off |
释义 | > as lemmasnot to be able to take (also keep) one's eyes off —— k. not to be able to take (also keep) one's eyes off —— and variants: to find a person or thing so attractive, fascinating, etc., that one is unable to look at or see anyone or anything else; to be mesmerized or spellbound by a person or thing. ΚΠ 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. ii. 102 He was so taken up with contemplation of Mandana's beauty, that he could not take his eyes off her [Fr. qu'il ne pouuoit en détourner les yeux]. 1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea II. 6 She appeared so fair in that simple habit without any artifice, that Leonide could not keep her eyes off her [Fr. que Leonide n'en pouuoit oster les yeux]. 1714 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days II. 177 I could not take my Eyes off from this Picture. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xiii. 296 Neither of their Husbands could long keep his Eyes from Sophia. View more context for this quotation 1845 E. Sue Wandering Jew II. 151 Usually timid and embarrassed, La Mayeux could not take her eyes off Rodin. 1872 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 316 No wonder that a man should find it difficult to take his eyes off her, and feel his heart throb at the thought that she was to be his. 1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings xv. 298 They could not keep their eyes off the waves. 1967 B. Crewe & B. Gaudio (title of song) Can't take my eyes off you. 2007 N. Huston Fault Lines (2008) 206 At the reception I can't keep my eyes or my hands off the food. < as lemmas |
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