单词 | bulls-eye |
释义 | bull's-eyen. The eye of a bull (cf. French œil de bœuf); hence I. Of glass. 1. A boss of glass, or the central protuberance formed in making a sheet of blown glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > marks or imperfections in thread1593 streak1807 seed1821 stripe1823 bull's-eye1832 stria1832 tear1832 bullion1834 wreath1839 sand-hole1867 bullion-point1881 pontil mark1923 oil spot1962 saliva1969 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 3) iv. 36 The centre [of a sheet of glass] presents the appearance of a thick boss or prominence, called the ‘Bull's-eye’. 1863 Reader 28 Nov. 624 A window of small panes with the bull's-eyes in them. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 90 Every other pane being those thick bullseye panes. 2. Nautical. A hemispherical piece or thick disc of glass inserted in the side or deck of a ship, or elsewhere, to light the interior. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air > hemispherical glass bull's-eye1825 ox-eye1867 1825 H. B. Gascoigne Path to Naval Fame 64 Here a Bulls-eye gives a feeble light. 1843 Commissioner 342 A ‘bull's-eye’..that is a thick, green, half sphere of ground glass. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 96 A light room outside, with a bull's-eye between it and the magazine. 3. A lens, hemispherical or plano-convex. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > other lenses concave1632 globe1653 meniscus1693 hemispherule1696 convex1705 omphaloptic1728 omphalopter1738 crown lens1764 achromatic1785 condenser1798 meniscus lens1820 Fresnel lens1835 bull's-eye1839 Stanhope lens1850 spot lens1860 amplifier1866 achromat1873 projectora1884 aplanat1890 triplet condenser1892 Aldis lens1902 monocentric1922 Schmidt correcting plate1934 coated lens1948 Panavision1955 Schmidt correcting lens1961 re-imaging1962 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 354/1 The condenser..should be a bull's eye or hemispherical lens. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 258/1 The condensers in ordinary use are, The common ‘bull's-eye’ or plano-convex. 4. A glass of similar shape inserted in the side of a lantern; the lantern itself; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of sconcec1392 Muscovy lantern1606 sconcer1731 talc light1808 stirrup lantern1824 mistress1848 bull's-eye1851 midgy1893 1851 in H. Mayhew London Labour I. 25/2 Two or three policemen, with their bull's-eyes, and..truncheons, speedily restored order. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) vi. 224 In a thick fog the bull's-eye of a lanthorn seems to throw out a broad diverging luminous cone. 1861 C. J. Andersson Okavango River xxv. 264 We then tried, bull's-eye lanthorn in hand, to obtain a glimpse of his retreating spoor. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 204/1 One..was dazzled..with opening bull's-eyes, and captured. II. A circular hole, or an object containing one. 5. Nautical. Also bull's eye cringle (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > circle or band of rope garland1495 bull's eye cringle1769 grummet1775 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > ring for attachment of rope > specific bull's eye cringle1867 bowline-cringle- 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bull's-eye, a..small pulley in the form of a ring, having a rope spliced round the outer edge..and a..hole in the middle for another rope to slide in. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 65 Pass that brace through the bull's eye. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 113 A leach-line is..carried..through a bull's-eye. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bull's-eye cringle, a piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom used by English seamen, and then only for the fore and main bowline-bridles. 6. Architecture. A small circular opening or window. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > round windows roundel1574 oeil-de-boeuf1728 marigold window1736 rose window1738 wheel-window1821 rose1823 rosette1836 rosace1837 bull's-eye1842 Catherine-wheel window1848 ox-eye1875 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 940 Bull's Eye, any small circular aperture for the admission of light or air. 1865 Athenæum No. 1978. 412/3 The plate-tracery, or bull's-eyes, of the transept ends. III. Other uses. 7. a. The centre of a target. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > mark or target > bull's-eye pricka1382 mark's point1558 mark-white1596 bull's-eye1833 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archery target > parts of pin1584 gold1798 eye1818 blue1830 bull's-eye1833 garland1847 petticoat1864 bull1900 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 32 A bull's eye of eight inches diameter. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lvi. 115 This is wide of the bull's-eye. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 121 The house..stands clear and white on the brown moor, like a target, with a black window for a bull's-eye. b. A shot that hits the bull's-eye of a target; figurative a ‘shot’ that hits the mark. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > types of shot bull's-eye1857 outer1859 carton1864 sighting-shot1872 magpie1884 inner1887 mag1895 maggie1901 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > a successful stroke gird1513 feat1564 grand coup1752 coup1791 tour de force1802 hit1811 ten-strike1840 bull's-eye1857 score1901 strike1901 1857 J. Blackwood Let. 30 Jan. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) II. 290 The public is a very curious animal and..how difficult it is to tell what will hit the bull's eye. 1887 Daily News 15 July 3/5 Beginning with two inners, he then put together five successive bulls-eyes, and raised his aggregate to within a point of that by which Corporal Soutar won the Bronze Medal last year. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 19 The bygone shot wasn't a bull's-eye; no, only an ‘inner’. 1894 Times 14 July 10/1 He followed his first two bull's eyes with two more, then came a magpie. 1904 D. B. W. Sladen Playing Game ii. iii ‘You know you were just made to fool about in the open air, and spend money.’ ‘Bull's-eye!’ he said. 1951 Ess. in Crit. 1 i. 6 Some of his observations..seem also to be very just—especially his opinion of Amiel, which is a bulls-eye. 8. A circular ornament of gold lace. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > other biliment lace1578 seaming lace1631 shredding1766 pasting lace1837 baby lace1865 bull's-eye1879 1879 Uniform Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 497/1 Gold lace, to form bull's eyes at the bottom of each back seam. 9. A sweetmeat so called from its globular shape. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > globular sweet aniseed ball1700 bull's-eye1825 brandy-ball1849 blackball1851 dump1869 cake ball1896 gobstopper1906 gulab jamun1917 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 51 Hard-bake, brandy-balls, and bulls'-eyes. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 72 Where huge bulls-eyes and unctuous toffy might be procured. 10. Nautical. ‘A little dark cloud, reddish in the middle, chiefly appearing about the Cape of Good Hope’ (Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753), supposed to portend a storm; hence the storm itself. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > small cloud > portending storm ox-eye1598 bull's-eye1849 1849 D. P. Thomson Introd. Meteorol. 406 The ox-eye or bull's-eye is a wind similar to the tornado. 11. slang. A crown-piece. (Cf. bull n.1 7.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings halfpenny of gold1463 crown1526 crown piece1613 decus1688 British-crown1695 bull's-eye1699 petition crown1745 Britain crown1793 bull1819 caser1825 Oxford scholar1937 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew 1708 Mem. John Hall 9 Bull's-Eye, a Crown. 1725 New Canting Dict. 12. A hole in cheese, the result of imperfect manufacture. dialect. ΚΠ 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) I dunna like this cheese, it's got too many bulls' eyes in for me. 13. An old-fashioned type of watch, with the case partly enclosing the glass. Also attributive. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 78 Lugging out a heavy silver watch,..a genuine bull's eye. 1854 B. P. Shillaber Life & Sayings Mrs. Partington 26 The old bull's-eye watch on the nail over the mantel-piece. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 221 With some trouble he dragged up an ancient looking, thick, silver bull's-eye watch. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Bull's-eye, a small and old-fashioned watch. 14. A fish of New South Wales, Priacanthus macracanthus, excellent for the table. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Priacanthidae (bull's-eye) big-eye1862 bull's-eye1882 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales iii. 35 The ‘bull's-eye’ of the fishermen—Priacanthus macracanthus of Cuv. and Val. is a fairly good edible fish. 1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 9 The ‘bull's-eye’, a beautiful salmon-red fish with small scales. 1966 T. C. Marshall Trop. Fishes Great Barrier Reef 181 Family Priacanthidae: Bulls-eyes or Big-eyes. Derivatives bull's-eyed adj. containing a bull's-eye. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > having marks or imperfections seedy1849 bull's-eyed1869 1869 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler in R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. Dingy bull's-eyed panes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1699 |
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