black eyen.

Brit.

/ˌblak ˈʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌblæk ˈaɪ/

Forms: see black adj. and n. and eye n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., eye n.¹

Etymology: < black adj. + eye n.¹Apparently attested earlier as a surname: Henry Blackeye (1275), Henricus Blaceye (1327).

1. An eye with a very dark-coloured iris, frequently regarded as a mark of beauty. Frequently in plural.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > types of eyes by colour

eyec1275

black eyec1450

blue eyea1545

welkin-eyea1616

baby blues1892

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 126 (MED) Browne cerkyllys, the qwyche be clepid blake eyn in commun langage.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 192 The king..hauing black eyes, which when he waxed angry, would seeme to be fyrie.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. ii. 560 Homer vseth that Epithite of Ox-eyed, in describing Iuno, because a round blacke eye is the best.

1675 London Gaz. 6 May 2/2 He is about 25 years old, of a smooth Face, a quick Black Eye, slender Body, [etc.].

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. Epistle 6. 44 We were entertained by Mademoiselle la Fille, who is little, lean, brown, with small pert black eyes.

1786 A. Murphy Choice i, in Wks. IV. 318 'Sdeath! that a black-eye and a white skin should rob a man of his senses!

1832 Ld. Tennyson May Queen ii, in Poems (new ed.) 90 There's many a black black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 363/2 The Mongolian variety:—characterised by olive colour..and black eyes.

1882 Cent. Mag. June 244/1 Little black-eye boy, beautiful orphan beggar, forces himself on us at last.

1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine ii. 48 She uh li'l' bitty gal wid black eyes and long hair plats?

2007 ‘B. Black’ Silver Swan i. x. 103 She was a tall woman..with black eyes and very black hair cut in a dramatic, straight style.

a. An eye around which the skin is bruised, often by a blow.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye

blue eyea1545

black eye1622

bullacea1658

mouse1842

shiner1904

1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A6 The Warders knowes, each Bottleman (but I) Had alwayes a crack'd crowne, or a blacke eye.

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore ii. ii. 31 I doe not bid you beat her, nor giue her blacke eyes.

1718 J. Breval Play is Plot v. i. 52 Ha! that's the Spark I suppose that they told me had got the Black Eye, by Boxing with a Tinker at Aylsbury.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 442 As..I had received no other mischief than a black eye, a bruise in my side, and a torn face, I was soon on my mare again.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xcii. 165 Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle.

1886 C. Coborn Two Lovely Black Eyes in W. Hamilton Parodies Wks. Eng. & Amer. Authors (1887) IV. 152/1 Two lovely black eyes, Oh what a surprise! Only for telling a man he was wrong, Two lovely black eyes.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. iii. 132 I thought they'd have a row... Hadn't Michael a black eye?

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 54 At this moment I could have been tramping at your heels with five babies and a black eye.

2007 A. Johnson Little Bk. Big Excuses iv. 67 I got a black eye once from walking into a door. Seriously.

b. figurative. A severe setback; a rebuff, snub. Also: a mark of a damaged reputation.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden

shake1565

cut1568

dash1580

knock1649

shock1654

blow1678

stroke1686

black eye1712

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 433. 209 They often came from the Council Table with broken Shins, black Eyes and bloody Noses.

1744 C. Cibber Another Occas. Let. to Mr. P[ope] 8 If you had not been a blinder Booby, than my self, you would have sate down quietly, with the last black Eye I gave you.

1795 Massachusetts Spy 18 Feb. Story of a Vermont Pumpkin. Massachusetts beaten; and a black eye for Connecticut.

1813 J. Orrok Let. 1 Oct. (1927) 167 The young folks gave the Jelly and Jam a black eye.

1884 Life June 333/2 The Arthur..contingent..speedily threw their candidate..in the face of the Blainites, defeating them badly. This is regarded as a black eye for the Blaine boom.

1900 Congress. Rec. Jan. 1004/2 I hope the Pension Committee will give a black eye to every bill of that kind.

1962 Listener 29 Nov. 895/1 A black eye for the Indian Army.

2004 High Country News 16 Aug. 4/3 News of understaffed national parks and reduced visitor center hours could be a black eye for the Bush administration.

3. Chiefly North American. Usually in form blackeye (

Brit.

/ˈblakʌɪ/

U.S.

/ˈblækˌaɪ/

). The edible seed of a kind of cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata) with a semicircular black mark resembling an eye. Usually attributive in blackeye bean, blackeye pea (cf. black-eyed adj. Compounds).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant

rouncival1570

garden pea1573

field pease1597

vale-grey1615

rose pea1629

hotspur1663

seven-year pea1672

rathe-ripe1677

huff-codc1680

pigeon pea1683

hog-pease1686

shrub pea1691

field pea1707

pea1707

crown pea1726

maple rouncival1731

marrowfat1731

moratto1731

pig pea1731

sickle-pea1731

hog pea1732

maple pea1732

marrow pea1733

black eye?1740

egg-pea1744

magotty bay bean1789

Prussian1804

maple grey1805

partridge pea1812

Prussian blue1822

scimitar1834

marrow1855

fill-basket1881

string-pea1891

mattar1908

vining pea1959

?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 34 Besides the English Peas, there is the black-eye Pea, red Pea, Bonnavest-Pea.

1788 G. Washington Diary 27 May (1925) III. 357 Finished planting of Pease here yesterday... Two..were of the large and early blackeye.

1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett (new ed.) ii. 41 My old misses she don't like me, Bekase I don't eat de black eye pea.

1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. v. 33 Ackra cakes. One quart of black-eye peas. Cold water. Fresh country pepper and a little cayenne.

1922 Bean-Bag July 20/1 The blackeyes are pretty well seeded and an average acreage of those are in the ground and coming up in nice shape.

1950 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 16 July 25/6 Blackeyes were extensively grown during the heyday of the Roman Empire.

2002 G. Wiseman Nutrition & Health xv. 66 Raw beans (except blackeye beans and lentils) need to be soaked overnight in clean cold water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	black eye
释义	black eyen. Brit. /ˌblak ˈʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ Forms: see black adj. and n. and eye n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < black adj. + eye n.¹Apparently attested earlier as a surname: Henry Blackeye (1275), Henricus Blaceye (1327). 1. An eye with a very dark-coloured iris, frequently regarded as a mark of beauty. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > types of eyes by colour eyec1275 black eyec1450 blue eyea1545 welkin-eyea1616 baby blues1892 c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 126 (MED) Browne cerkyllys, the qwyche be clepid blake eyn in commun langage. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 192 The king..hauing black eyes, which when he waxed angry, would seeme to be fyrie. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. ii. 560 Homer vseth that Epithite of Ox-eyed, in describing Iuno, because a round blacke eye is the best. 1675 London Gaz. 6 May 2/2 He is about 25 years old, of a smooth Face, a quick Black Eye, slender Body, [etc.]. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. Epistle 6. 44 We were entertained by Mademoiselle la Fille, who is little, lean, brown, with small pert black eyes. 1786 A. Murphy Choice i, in Wks. IV. 318 'Sdeath! that a black-eye and a white skin should rob a man of his senses! 1832 Ld. Tennyson May Queen ii, in Poems (new ed.) 90 There's many a black black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 363/2 The Mongolian variety:—characterised by olive colour..and black eyes. 1882 Cent. Mag. June 244/1 Little black-eye boy, beautiful orphan beggar, forces himself on us at last. 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine ii. 48 She uh li'l' bitty gal wid black eyes and long hair plats? 2007 ‘B. Black’ Silver Swan i. x. 103 She was a tall woman..with black eyes and very black hair cut in a dramatic, straight style. 2. a. An eye around which the skin is bruised, often by a blow. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye blue eyea1545 black eye1622 bullacea1658 mouse1842 shiner1904 1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A6 The Warders knowes, each Bottleman (but I) Had alwayes a crack'd crowne, or a blacke eye. 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore ii. ii. 31 I doe not bid you beat her, nor giue her blacke eyes. 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot v. i. 52 Ha! that's the Spark I suppose that they told me had got the Black Eye, by Boxing with a Tinker at Aylsbury. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 442 As..I had received no other mischief than a black eye, a bruise in my side, and a torn face, I was soon on my mare again. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xcii. 165 Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle. 1886 C. Coborn Two Lovely Black Eyes in W. Hamilton Parodies Wks. Eng. & Amer. Authors (1887) IV. 152/1 Two lovely black eyes, Oh what a surprise! Only for telling a man he was wrong, Two lovely black eyes. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. iii. 132 I thought they'd have a row... Hadn't Michael a black eye? 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 54 At this moment I could have been tramping at your heels with five babies and a black eye. 2007 A. Johnson Little Bk. Big Excuses iv. 67 I got a black eye once from walking into a door. Seriously. b. figurative. A severe setback; a rebuff, snub. Also: a mark of a damaged reputation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden shake1565 cut1568 dash1580 knock1649 shock1654 blow1678 stroke1686 black eye1712 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 433. 209 They often came from the Council Table with broken Shins, black Eyes and bloody Noses. 1744 C. Cibber Another Occas. Let. to Mr. P[ope] 8 If you had not been a blinder Booby, than my self, you would have sate down quietly, with the last black Eye I gave you. 1795 Massachusetts Spy 18 Feb. Story of a Vermont Pumpkin. Massachusetts beaten; and a black eye for Connecticut. 1813 J. Orrok Let. 1 Oct. (1927) 167 The young folks gave the Jelly and Jam a black eye. 1884 Life June 333/2 The Arthur..contingent..speedily threw their candidate..in the face of the Blainites, defeating them badly. This is regarded as a black eye for the Blaine boom. 1900 Congress. Rec. Jan. 1004/2 I hope the Pension Committee will give a black eye to every bill of that kind. 1962 Listener 29 Nov. 895/1 A black eye for the Indian Army. 2004 High Country News 16 Aug. 4/3 News of understaffed national parks and reduced visitor center hours could be a black eye for the Bush administration. 3. Chiefly North American. Usually in form blackeye ( Brit. /ˈblakʌɪ/ , U.S. /ˈblækˌaɪ/ ). The edible seed of a kind of cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata) with a semicircular black mark resembling an eye. Usually attributive in blackeye bean, blackeye pea (cf. black-eyed adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant rouncival1570 garden pea1573 field pease1597 vale-grey1615 rose pea1629 hotspur1663 seven-year pea1672 rathe-ripe1677 huff-codc1680 pigeon pea1683 hog-pease1686 shrub pea1691 field pea1707 pea1707 crown pea1726 maple rouncival1731 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 pig pea1731 sickle-pea1731 hog pea1732 maple pea1732 marrow pea1733 black eye?1740 egg-pea1744 magotty bay bean1789 Prussian1804 maple grey1805 partridge pea1812 Prussian blue1822 scimitar1834 marrow1855 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 mattar1908 vining pea1959 ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 34 Besides the English Peas, there is the black-eye Pea, red Pea, Bonnavest-Pea. 1788 G. Washington Diary 27 May (1925) III. 357 Finished planting of Pease here yesterday... Two..were of the large and early blackeye. 1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett (new ed.) ii. 41 My old misses she don't like me, Bekase I don't eat de black eye pea. 1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. v. 33 Ackra cakes. One quart of black-eye peas. Cold water. Fresh country pepper and a little cayenne. 1922 Bean-Bag July 20/1 The blackeyes are pretty well seeded and an average acreage of those are in the ground and coming up in nice shape. 1950 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 16 July 25/6 Blackeyes were extensively grown during the heyday of the Roman Empire. 2002 G. Wiseman Nutrition & Health xv. 66 Raw beans (except blackeye beans and lentils) need to be soaked overnight in clean cold water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas to black (a person's) eye e. transitive. to black (a person's) eye: to bruise or discolour the area surrounding the eye by a blow. Cf. black eye n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)] > bruise to black (a person's) eye1811 1811 Sporting Mag. Oct. 47/1 His daddles he used with such skill and dexterity, Winning each mill, Sirs, and blacking each eye. 1859 Harper's Mag. Jan. 249/2 You don't regard him with favorable eyes; especially since he blacked yours, Will! 1902 E. Nesbit Five Children & It viii. 203 The baker's boy blacked his other eye. 1950 G. Greene Third Man ii. 26 I'd rather make you look the fool you are than black your bloody eye. 2009 News Herald (Morganton, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 26 Oct. He blacked her eyes, cracked her teeth, beat her 'til she had bruises all over her. extracted from blackv. < n.c1450 as lemmas
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