单词 | to take the eye |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (also strike, †fix) the eye (a) Also to take (also strike, †fix) the eye. Of an object of attention: to become apparent to a person's sight, to attract someone's (esp. favourable) notice.to meet the eye: see meet v. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > be conspicuous to stand fortha1425 to catch the (also a person's) eye1585 salutea1586 stare1645 to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1699 to show up1860 to jump to the eye(s)1926 to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb1936 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. To Rdr. sig. ¶3 Words spoken are soone come soone gon but written withall,..by striking aswell the eye of the reader..may perse his heart the better. 1608 B. Jonson Masque of Blacknesse in Characters Two Royall Masques sig. A4v Which decorum made it more conspicuous, and caught the eye a far of with a wandring beauty. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) 209 Deformities and infirmities of body do more easily both draw and fix the eye then an ordinary symmetry of parts. 1715 J. Richardson Ess. Theory of Painting 62 The Death of Ananias..immediately takes the Eye. 1716 A. Pope Epist. Jervas in J. Dryden tr. C. A. du Fresnoy Art of Painting (ed. 2) sig. A7 Thy well-study'd Marbles fix our Eye. 1754 D. Hume Great Brit. I. 136 On the revival of letters..this false glister catches the eye, and leaves no room..for the durable beauties of solid sense and lively passion. 1820 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. IV. iii. 171 Their [sc. the king's agents] success..was emblazoned to catch the eye of the public. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 629/1 Ah graceful sky-swung hawks that took The eye with beauty's curve in air. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom 41 Dolly Molloy unquestionably took the eye. 1988 B. Orser Orser: Skater's Life i. 28 Although I missed the podium, I did catch the eye of the Canadian Figure Skating Association. 1992 Sporting Life 9 Oct. 11/4 Kings Fountain, a tall, good-looking sort, took the eye in the paddock with his well-being. < as lemmas |
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