单词 | red-eyed |
释义 | red-eyedadj. 1. That has the iris of a red colour. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > having red eyes red-eyed?1609 red-eyed1863 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > types of eyes by colour > having grey-eyed1534 green-eyed1553 blue-eyed1572 black-eyed1576 yellow-eyed1593 white-eyed1607 red-eyed?1609 ferret-eyed1699 golden-eyed1763 light-eyeda1795 pink-eyed1830 brown-eyed1865 sloe-eyed1869 ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads xi. 186 The red eyde Goddesse seated there, thundered the Orthian song, High and with horror, through the eares of all the Grecian throng. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ure, the huge-bodied, bulch-backed, short-horned, and red-eyed wild Oxe, called the Vre-oxe. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 94 Bid the golden god the Sunne,..Put all his red eyed rubies on. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 158 They are reddish or red-eyd, which signifies their malice. a1714 Earl of Cromarty Hist. Family Mackenzie in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) II. 475 Sewill Dearhullach, that is reed-eyed. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 525 The red-eyed Lepus, with a very short tail. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xv. 236 At his feet sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog. 1934 C. Carmer in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) iii. ii. 490 Two-Toe is a red-eyed 'gator and about fourteen feet long. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 25/4 Creamy-white, red-eyed animals are probably best referred to in the vernacular as ‘ferrets’. 2. a. In the names of birds: having red eyes, or eyes surrounded by a red ring. See also Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having particular colour eyes red-eyed1671 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having particular colour eyes > having colour round eyes white-eyed1607 red-eyed1671 white-browed1740 supercilious1782 superciliary1819 1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 6 There was Red-ey'd Pidgeons, Turtle Doves, and Antelops. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 370 The red-eyed Parrot. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 211 Red-eyed Bunting. Round the eyes naked, and of a rose-colour. 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 270 Their manners very much resemble those of the red-eyed, or towhe bunting. 1884 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1883 62 Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Greenlet. Common in orchards and groves. 1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 246/2 In Australia is found the Red-eyed Rainbow Bee-eater (M. ornatus), which is chiefly yellowish green washed with pale blue on the lower back and cheeks. 1993 Honeyguide 39 23 (title) Red-eyed dove eats seeds of Croton megalobotrys. b. In the names of insects, fishes, etc.: having red eyes or eyelike markings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > having red eyes red-eyed?1609 red-eyed1863 1863 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 8 Aug. The red eyed cicada, commonly known as the seventeen years locust. 1871 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869–70 11 81 It bites the hook very readily, and is called the red-eyed bream on the Catawba. 1937 C. Longfield Dragonflies Brit. Isles 170 The Red-eyed Damsel-fly should be easy enough to tell by its eyes alone. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xviii. 224 Butterflies with Mexican affinities..include colorful specialties such as the Pima Orangetip, Red-eyed Brown..and Arizona Pine White. 2001 Pract. Fishkeeping Feb. 16/2 Fish..such as Tiger barbs, Red eyed tetras, Black widow tetras..and Serpae tetras can often nip the fins of Guppies. 3. That has the eyelids reddened by tears, lack of sleep, etc. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1800 S. Gunning Fashionable Involvements I. xx. 128 Now, since you have talked to her so seriously, I suppose she must be transformed into a perfect Melpomene, or at best a red-eyed Magdalen. 1840 C. H. Townshend Descriptive Tour Scotl. 117 The very look of such an one is repulsive,..red-eyed and blinking for want of the precious collyrium of sleep. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xv. 284 It was as heavy on him in his scanty sleep, as in his red-eyed waking hours. 1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy (1912) 48 Old parson, red-eyed as a ferret From nightly wrestlings with the spirit. 1959 PMLA 74 616/2 Claire de Cintre is a strangely reticent woman..who emerges periodically from the confessionals of St. Sulpice, red-eyed and crying. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen xiii. 86 Heather had stopped crying. Now she was just sitting there all red-eyed and blotchy and still in her night-dress. Compounds red-eyed flycatcher n. now historical = red-eyed vireo n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > genus Muscicapa (fly-catcher) > other types of red-eyed flycatcher1754 politician1810 1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Carolina (rev. ed.) I. 54 The red ey'd Fly-catcher. Muscicapa olivacea. The iris of the eyes are red. 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 287 The Red-eyed Fly~catcher is an inhabitant of the whole of our forests. 1951 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 532/2 The red-eyed flycatcher is of course the red-eyed vireo. red-eyed vireo n. a migratory vireo, Vireo olivaceus, with a black and white eyestripe and red eyes, widespread in both North and South America. ΚΠ 1832 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Land Birds 312 Red-Eyed Vireo, or Flycatcher... This common and indefatigable songster appears to inhabit every part of the American continent. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 386 Red-eyed vireo, Vireosylvia olivacea. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June (Picture insert) (caption) Monotonously all day long..this red-eyed vireo, sometimes called ‘preacher bird’, calls out ‘Look up—way up—tree top’, etc. 1997 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 13 559 At this area, the red-eyed vireo..was the most important seed disperser. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1609 |
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