英语词汇“to the eyeballs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian). to work (also slave) one's eyeballs out: to work extremely hard, esp. at a gruelling manual task; to exert oneself to the fullest extent. Cf. to work one's eyes out at work v. Phrases 5a.

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1835 Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1 It is contrary to morals and jistice to let a poor fallow work his eyeballs out for a yard o'tripe.

1848 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 29 Mar. 2/4 His regard for Mr. Turner was not sufficient to induce him to slave his eyeballs out merely because he chose to keep cows!

1939 Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (Parramatta, New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 1/3 I suppose your wife is working her eyeballs out at home, and you're drinking pinkie down the lane.

2000 InfoWorld 24 July 52/2 I wonder what would have happened if..you'd spent the $20K and three months retraining the poor schmuck who worked his eyeballs out fixing your Y2K problems.

P2. colloquial (originally U.S.). up to one's (also the) eyeballs (also to the eyeballs).

a. Completely, extensively; = up to the eyes (eye n.¹ Phrases 1g(b)).

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1886 Aurelia (Iowa) Sentinel 29 Apr. Frum what I cud diskiver thars nuthin to hender um frum stuffin therselves to the eyeballs with cake.

1912 G. Ade Knocking Neighbors 138 They had covertly planned to get him Saturated to the Eye-Balls.

1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine i. 51 That boy got all poxed up to the eyeballs, voyage before last... Yes, he was poxed all away to hell.

1986 Sunday Times 6 Apr. 68/5 Any borrowers who are wary of gearing themselves up to the eyeballs run the risk of being labelled wimps.

2000 New Republic 8 May 38/1 The attempt to sell stock in the road was a failure. The associates borrowed up to their eyeballs, but they needed more.

b. Immersed or involved deeply in; = up to the eyes (eye n.¹ Phrases 1g(a)).

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a1907 ‘L. C. Pyrnelle’ Miss Li'l' Tweetty (1917) xv. 163 Aunt Tillotsy..wuz plum up to her eyeballs in wuck [= work].

1964 Boys' Life 26/2 I bet we'll be up to our eyeballs in hot water.

1982 World Affairs 146 88 The Soviets have been up to their eyeballs in training terrorist organizations and providing the logistics in the past.

2006 R. H. Miller & D. M. Bissell Med School Confidential xii. 131 As we join Curly, he's up to his eyeballs in the first weeks of medical school.

P3. colloquial.

a. In phrases relating to the action of looking at, watching, or catching sight of (someone or something), as to lay (also get, have, keep, etc.) an (also one's) eyeball on.Cf. to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon) at eye n.¹ Phrases 2l(a).

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1900 Punch 25 Apr. 294/3 Keep your Eyeball on J. Musker, Esquire, and his Muskerteers.

1947 Salt Lake Tribune 2 Nov. b17/2 (advt.) The ‘purtiest’ desks you have ever laid an eyeball on are now on display at Western Trading.

1966 Grand Prairie (Texas) Daily News 29 Sept. 12/2 Ford will be showing off its new models..Monday thru Sunday. Better put an eyeball on 'em.

1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 July f6 The leviathan [sc. a fish]..dug deep and hung tough for almost 30 minutes before he got an eyeball on it.

1993 C. P. McDonald & A. E. Smith Under Contract 155 McBride and Stanley..felt they could at least take positions in the parking lot to keep an eyeball on things.

2012 Chicago Tribune (Online ed.) 1 Feb. Officers knew when Paul had his eyeball on them, they were in good hands.

b. Originally U.S. to keep an eyeball out: to keep watch, be alert (for something or someone); = to keep an eye out at eye n.¹ Phrases 2l(e).

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1972 T. McGuire Tooth Trip iii. 35 Parents should keep an eyeball out for this. It could save you thousands..in braces.

1975 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 11 Apr. 14/4 I'll keep an eyeball out for that cotton-picking Smokey.

1990 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 8 June 24/4 We'll keep an eyeball out for new developments.

1996 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Seminole Times section) 1 That $ 15 paid for his cooperation, keeping an eyeball out.

2008 Daily Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 39 [When buying a car] do keep an eyeball out for something with service history .

P4. eyeball to eyeball: face to face and in close proximity; (later frequently) figurative in extremely close confrontation, esp. in a contest of nerve or an attempt by each party to intimidate the other. Also attributive (usually with hyphens).

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the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing > face to face

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face-to-facedly1876

eyeball to eyeball1908

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > in unyielding confrontation

eyeball to eyeball1962

1908 E. Phillpotts in Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 406/2 What maid on earth but you would meet me eyeball to eyeball and never drop her glance?

1951 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 1 Oct. 18/2 You couldn't go one hundred yards in front of our line without running into the enemy. As someone said last spring, we were eyeball to eyeball over there.

1951 Daily Mirror 10 Nov. 1/1 What the troops called an eyeball-to-eyeball battle.

1956 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 5 Nov. 4/7 Making eyeball-to-eyeball stares with coeds in tight-fitting sweaters.

1962 Washington Post 3 Dec. a13/4 On Wednesday when the first Soviet ships turned back.., [Dean] Rusk said to Bundy: ‘We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.’

1966 Guardian 16 June 1/3 Mr Wilson said we ought not to ‘contract out and leave it to the Americans and Chinese eyeball to eyeball’.

1970 M. Kelly Spinifex iii. 65 Two extremely ambitious dogs are eyeball to eyeball over the same bone.

1993 Esquire Dec. 54/2 As the nation's first post-cold-war President, he lacked a worthy Russian to go eyeball-to-eyeball with on the world stage.

2010 D. J. Schemo Skies to Conquer iii. 35 The drill sergeant is toughness personified, eternally barking orders eyeball to eyeball with the hapless private.

P5. colloquial. to give (a person) the eyeball: to look or stare at, esp. in a hostile, disapproving, or amorous manner; = to give (a person) the eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 2i(d).Cf. to give the hairy eyeball at hairy adj. and n. Additions.

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1923 Jrnl. Outdoor Life 20 325/2 Here we are driving up to the ward... Nineteen patients gave me the eyeball and seemed to be registering pity that I looked so badly.

1940 Pittsburgh Courier 7 Dec. 13/5 She noticed that the handsome young tap dancer was ‘giving her the eyeball’.

1986 Guardian 5 Mar. (Sports section) 28/7 Bruno said later: ‘He tried to give me the eyeball then, but I just stared back—I knew he had to have a sledgehammer to KO me.’

2002 B. DeLeo Amer. Mutant 249 She really gave you the eyeball when we walked on, and every time she walks up here she smiles at you.

P6. Originally and chiefly U.S. by eyeball: by sight alone, by visual estimate; without the use of instruments, precise measurement, etc. Cf. by eye at eye n.¹ 7.

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1960 Sunday Light (San Antonio, Texas) 21 Aug. a12/8 While the navigator brought the plane close to..the package, there were no magic means to snare it after that. Mitchell said: ‘I did it by eyeball.’

1998 G. Rössel Building Small Boats (2003) 77 This can usually be done just by eyeball instead of meticulously measuring each point's location.

2004 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 18 Dec. c6/5 Before the Mannequin [sc. a ventricle shaper], doctors had to do it by eyeball.

单词	to the eyeballs
释义	> as lemmas to the eyeballs Phrases P1. colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian). to work (also slave) one's eyeballs out: to work extremely hard, esp. at a gruelling manual task; to exert oneself to the fullest extent. Cf. to work one's eyes out at work v. Phrases 5a. ΚΠ 1835 Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1 It is contrary to morals and jistice to let a poor fallow work his eyeballs out for a yard o'tripe. 1848 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 29 Mar. 2/4 His regard for Mr. Turner was not sufficient to induce him to slave his eyeballs out merely because he chose to keep cows! 1939 Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (Parramatta, New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 1/3 I suppose your wife is working her eyeballs out at home, and you're drinking pinkie down the lane. 2000 InfoWorld 24 July 52/2 I wonder what would have happened if..you'd spent the $20K and three months retraining the poor schmuck who worked his eyeballs out fixing your Y2K problems. P2. colloquial (originally U.S.). up to one's (also the) eyeballs (also to the eyeballs). a. Completely, extensively; = up to the eyes (eye n.¹ Phrases 1g(b)). ΚΠ 1886 Aurelia (Iowa) Sentinel 29 Apr. Frum what I cud diskiver thars nuthin to hender um frum stuffin therselves to the eyeballs with cake. 1912 G. Ade Knocking Neighbors 138 They had covertly planned to get him Saturated to the Eye-Balls. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine i. 51 That boy got all poxed up to the eyeballs, voyage before last... Yes, he was poxed all away to hell. 1986 Sunday Times 6 Apr. 68/5 Any borrowers who are wary of gearing themselves up to the eyeballs run the risk of being labelled wimps. 2000 New Republic 8 May 38/1 The attempt to sell stock in the road was a failure. The associates borrowed up to their eyeballs, but they needed more. b. Immersed or involved deeply in; = up to the eyes (eye n.¹ Phrases 1g(a)). ΚΠ a1907 ‘L. C. Pyrnelle’ Miss Li'l' Tweetty (1917) xv. 163 Aunt Tillotsy..wuz plum up to her eyeballs in wuck [= work]. 1964 Boys' Life 26/2 I bet we'll be up to our eyeballs in hot water. 1982 World Affairs 146 88 The Soviets have been up to their eyeballs in training terrorist organizations and providing the logistics in the past. 2006 R. H. Miller & D. M. Bissell Med School Confidential xii. 131 As we join Curly, he's up to his eyeballs in the first weeks of medical school. P3. colloquial. a. In phrases relating to the action of looking at, watching, or catching sight of (someone or something), as to lay (also get, have, keep, etc.) an (also one's) eyeball on.Cf. to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon) at eye n.¹ Phrases 2l(a). ΚΠ 1900 Punch 25 Apr. 294/3 Keep your Eyeball on J. Musker, Esquire, and his Muskerteers. 1947 Salt Lake Tribune 2 Nov. b17/2 (advt.) The ‘purtiest’ desks you have ever laid an eyeball on are now on display at Western Trading. 1966 Grand Prairie (Texas) Daily News 29 Sept. 12/2 Ford will be showing off its new models..Monday thru Sunday. Better put an eyeball on 'em. 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 July f6 The leviathan [sc. a fish]..dug deep and hung tough for almost 30 minutes before he got an eyeball on it. 1993 C. P. McDonald & A. E. Smith Under Contract 155 McBride and Stanley..felt they could at least take positions in the parking lot to keep an eyeball on things. 2012 Chicago Tribune (Online ed.) 1 Feb. Officers knew when Paul had his eyeball on them, they were in good hands. b. Originally U.S. to keep an eyeball out: to keep watch, be alert (for something or someone); = to keep an eye out at eye n.¹ Phrases 2l(e). ΚΠ 1972 T. McGuire Tooth Trip iii. 35 Parents should keep an eyeball out for this. It could save you thousands..in braces. 1975 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 11 Apr. 14/4 I'll keep an eyeball out for that cotton-picking Smokey. 1990 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 8 June 24/4 We'll keep an eyeball out for new developments. 1996 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Seminole Times section) 1 That $ 15 paid for his cooperation, keeping an eyeball out. 2008 Daily Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 39 [When buying a car] do keep an eyeball out for something with service history . P4. eyeball to eyeball: face to face and in close proximity; (later frequently) figurative in extremely close confrontation, esp. in a contest of nerve or an attempt by each party to intimidate the other. Also attributive (usually with hyphens). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing > face to face afrontc1380 face-to-facedly1876 eyeball to eyeball1908 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > in unyielding confrontation eyeball to eyeball1962 1908 E. Phillpotts in Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 406/2 What maid on earth but you would meet me eyeball to eyeball and never drop her glance? 1951 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 1 Oct. 18/2 You couldn't go one hundred yards in front of our line without running into the enemy. As someone said last spring, we were eyeball to eyeball over there. 1951 Daily Mirror 10 Nov. 1/1 What the troops called an eyeball-to-eyeball battle. 1956 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 5 Nov. 4/7 Making eyeball-to-eyeball stares with coeds in tight-fitting sweaters. 1962 Washington Post 3 Dec. a13/4 On Wednesday when the first Soviet ships turned back.., [Dean] Rusk said to Bundy: ‘We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.’ 1966 Guardian 16 June 1/3 Mr Wilson said we ought not to ‘contract out and leave it to the Americans and Chinese eyeball to eyeball’. 1970 M. Kelly Spinifex iii. 65 Two extremely ambitious dogs are eyeball to eyeball over the same bone. 1993 Esquire Dec. 54/2 As the nation's first post-cold-war President, he lacked a worthy Russian to go eyeball-to-eyeball with on the world stage. 2010 D. J. Schemo Skies to Conquer iii. 35 The drill sergeant is toughness personified, eternally barking orders eyeball to eyeball with the hapless private. P5. colloquial. to give (a person) the eyeball: to look or stare at, esp. in a hostile, disapproving, or amorous manner; = to give (a person) the eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 2i(d).Cf. to give the hairy eyeball at hairy adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1923 Jrnl. Outdoor Life 20 325/2 Here we are driving up to the ward... Nineteen patients gave me the eyeball and seemed to be registering pity that I looked so badly. 1940 Pittsburgh Courier 7 Dec. 13/5 She noticed that the handsome young tap dancer was ‘giving her the eyeball’. 1986 Guardian 5 Mar. (Sports section) 28/7 Bruno said later: ‘He tried to give me the eyeball then, but I just stared back—I knew he had to have a sledgehammer to KO me.’ 2002 B. DeLeo Amer. Mutant 249 She really gave you the eyeball when we walked on, and every time she walks up here she smiles at you. P6. Originally and chiefly U.S. by eyeball: by sight alone, by visual estimate; without the use of instruments, precise measurement, etc. Cf. by eye at eye n.¹ 7. ΚΠ 1960 Sunday Light (San Antonio, Texas) 21 Aug. a12/8 While the navigator brought the plane close to..the package, there were no magic means to snare it after that. Mitchell said: ‘I did it by eyeball.’ 1998 G. Rössel Building Small Boats (2003) 77 This can usually be done just by eyeball instead of meticulously measuring each point's location. 2004 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 18 Dec. c6/5 Before the Mannequin [sc. a ventricle shaper], doctors had to do it by eyeball. extracted from eyeballn. < as lemmas
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