单词 | to keep an eye on |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon) (a) to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon): to keep watch upon, to observe carefully, esp. either to provide care and support or because of suspicion or mistrust; to be wary of; (hence also) to desire or intend to obtain; to approve of. Also with modifying word, as watchful, weather (see weather-eye n.). Cf. to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye after at Phrases 2l(b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe keepc1000 overseeOE waitc1300 advisec1325 awaita1375 to wait on ——c1384 markc1400 contemplec1429 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 to look straitly to?c1450 to wait after ——c1460 vizy1488 contemplatea1533 vise1551 pry?1553 observe1567 eye1592 over-eye?1592 watch1600 outwatch1607 spell1633 superintend1654 under-watch1654 tent1721 evigilate1727 twig1764 stag1796 eye-serve1800 spy1806 deek1825 screw1905 clock1911 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)] biwitieOE to look to ——c1330 watchc1330 to make or lay await onc1386 markc1400 to wait to ——c1440 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 waken1535 to look unto ——1594 to carry a wary (also watchful, etc.) eye on (also upon)1596 to look after ——a1616 overwatch1618 snokea1652 to look up1855 surveil1960 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 40 Euer ha hefde on hali writ ehnen oðer heorte. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xvii. 316 A seruaunt..haþ ȝe and hond apon his lord to do what likeþ and plesiþ his lorde. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 3934 (MED) Segryne had euer on him his eye. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. i. sig. Bb.iiiv/1 Let this be the rule for him to keepe his eye vpon in all businesse & affaires of his science. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles iii. i. sig. F 1 Rin. What would he be, If you should not restrayne him by good connsell? Gost. Ile haue an eye on him, I warrant thee. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 211 It was supposed the Earle of Essex had an eie upon Oxford. 1778 J. R. Forster Observ. Voy. round World vi. 390 I..went where he called me, but kept an eye on O-Too's sister, who immediately seized two large ten inch spikes. 1800 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 569 An advertency to the former periods of history..ought to caution us to keep a watchful eye on this quarter. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 64 I shall keep my eye upon them. 1877 Independent 23 Aug. 20/2 The Devil already controls Chicago, and we have heard it intimated that he has his eye on New York. 1900 H. James Notebks. (1947) 398 Chad has meanwhile continued to deny..that he has his eye on Mlle de Vionnet, that her mother has..hers on him. 1945 E. Bowen Demon Lover 92 I needn't exactly hurry. I just ought to keep an eye on the time. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. ii. 319 You asked me to keep an eye on that Larrie Rourke. 2010 Independent 17 Aug. 33/3 My disabled mother lives with us so he keeps an eye on her, which is a definite help. < as lemmas |
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