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单词 bulls-eye
释义

bull's-eyen.

Forms: 1600s– bull's eye, 1800s– bullseye.
Etymology: < the genitive of bull n.1 + eye n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbull's-eye.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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