bug-eyesn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɡʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈbəɡˌaɪz/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bug n.², eye n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < bug n.² + the plural of eye n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier bug-eyed adj., bug v.²

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. The eyes of an insect or other bug (bug n.² 1). Often in similative use, with reference to their round or bulging appearance.

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the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [noun]

ferret-eye1590

squirrel eyes1600

hawk's eye1684

piercer1752

gimlet-eye1825

lynx-eye1828

bug-eyes1905

camera eye1908

night eye1934

1905 W. N. Hull Fishing across Continent 197 There stood Lute by a pool, grasping his pole firmly with both hands, his eyes standing out like bug-eyes.

1969 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 21 Mar. 14/3 Chevy's Camaro will sport..a new lattice-like grille, headlights mounted high like bug eyes.

1971 Florence (S. Carolina) Morning News 19 Nov. 13 b/2 There are simple and compound bug eyes, with various types of vision. Insects do not see colors.

2014 P. Dowding Jake & Giant Hand xiv. 100 Buzzing wings brushed his skin, huge bug eyes flew at him, bugs crawled all over every inch of him.

2. Any wide or bulging eyes; (also) eyes widened in astonishment or fear. Cf. bug v.² 2.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > by size, shape, etc.

pinkany?1578

pig's eye1658

pigsney1664

ox-eye1688

pig-eye1714

sparkler1746

gooseberry-eye1789

eyelet1799

gooseberry-orb1803

pop-eye1828

swine eye1836

pink-eye1897

bug-eyes1905

1905 N.-Y. Tribune 21 Mar. 7/2 Persons with disordered stomachs, torpid livers, inordinate passions, addled heads, bug eyes, [etc.].

1946 Los Angeles Times 28 Sept. ii. 1/6 (caption) You can't see him, but it's a clown balancing three card tables on a wire that is causing all those bug-eyes.

1965 Newsday (N.Y.) 9 Apr. (Long Island ed.) 57 c/1 The flounder have been sitting on the bottom these past few weeks with their bug-eyes upraised, patiently awaiting the arrival of fishermen.

1989 D. McFarland in W. Abraham O. Henry Prize Stories of 1991 212 He gives the nurse bug-eyes.

2009 New Yorker 14 Dec. 88/2 As time went by, Armstrong became known less for his improvisational virtuosity than for his onstage shtick: the toothy smile, the head-waggling, and the bug eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bug-eyes
释义	bug-eyesn. Brit. /ˈbʌɡʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbəɡˌaɪz/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bug n.², eye n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < bug n.² + the plural of eye n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier bug-eyed adj., bug v.² Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. The eyes of an insect or other bug (bug n.² 1). Often in similative use, with reference to their round or bulging appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [noun] ferret-eye1590 squirrel eyes1600 hawk's eye1684 piercer1752 gimlet-eye1825 lynx-eye1828 bug-eyes1905 camera eye1908 night eye1934 1905 W. N. Hull Fishing across Continent 197 There stood Lute by a pool, grasping his pole firmly with both hands, his eyes standing out like bug-eyes. 1969 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 21 Mar. 14/3 Chevy's Camaro will sport..a new lattice-like grille, headlights mounted high like bug eyes. 1971 Florence (S. Carolina) Morning News 19 Nov. 13 b/2 There are simple and compound bug eyes, with various types of vision. Insects do not see colors. 2014 P. Dowding Jake & Giant Hand xiv. 100 Buzzing wings brushed his skin, huge bug eyes flew at him, bugs crawled all over every inch of him. 2. Any wide or bulging eyes; (also) eyes widened in astonishment or fear. Cf. bug v.² 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > by size, shape, etc. pinkany?1578 pig's eye1658 pigsney1664 ox-eye1688 pig-eye1714 sparkler1746 gooseberry-eye1789 eyelet1799 gooseberry-orb1803 pop-eye1828 swine eye1836 pink-eye1897 bug-eyes1905 1905 N.-Y. Tribune 21 Mar. 7/2 Persons with disordered stomachs, torpid livers, inordinate passions, addled heads, bug eyes, [etc.]. 1946 Los Angeles Times 28 Sept. ii. 1/6 (caption) You can't see him, but it's a clown balancing three card tables on a wire that is causing all those bug-eyes. 1965 Newsday (N.Y.) 9 Apr. (Long Island ed.) 57 c/1 The flounder have been sitting on the bottom these past few weeks with their bug-eyes upraised, patiently awaiting the arrival of fishermen. 1989 D. McFarland in W. Abraham O. Henry Prize Stories of 1991 212 He gives the nurse bug-eyes. 2009 New Yorker 14 Dec. 88/2 As time went by, Armstrong became known less for his improvisational virtuosity than for his onstage shtick: the toothy smile, the head-waggling, and the bug eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1905
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