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

7. With reference to the eye as a means of estimation by visual inspection, as contrasted with precise measurement, the use of instruments, etc.; also in extended use. Frequently in by eye (formerly chiefly by the eye). Formerly also in †with eye. Cf. by rack of eye at rack n.⁵ 6.

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a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 33^v Our stone departe ye shall in partes tweyne full egallye, with subtill balaunce and not with eie.

1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia viii. sig. G.j^v For that he iudged by the eye onely, seeinge wee in this out cleare ayre doe accompt 20 myles a ken at Sea.

1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Naturall Questions iii. xxviii, in tr. Seneca Wks. 826 If a man measure by the eye the crest of the highest mountaines, hee shall finde that the sea equalleth them in heighth.

1671 J. Brown Descr. & Use Trianguler-quadrant 14 The hundredth thousand part is alwayes to be estimated by the eye in all Instruments whatsoever.

1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 188 It does not appear to have been done by any other help than the Correctness of the Eye.

1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 5) I. sig. 2O/1 Chain... Draw a rough sketch of the place by eye.

1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 88 Estimate by the Eye the Distance of C from A.

1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 38 Boiled down to a proper consistence, which they guess by the eye, and by the touch.

1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) xiii. 161 Several..hospital ‘sisters’,..could, as accurately as a measuring glass, measure out all their patients' wine and medicine by the eye.

1869 O. S. Fowler Pract. Phrenologist 141 Excel in judging of property where bulk and value are to be estimated by eye.

1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer iv. 146 Rightly judged by the eye, a catch should drop into the hands.

1921 Spectator 26 Feb. 268/2 When you start your wall there seems by eye very little or nothing wrong with it, but when you have got it up some thirty or forty feet the out-of-trueness is appalling.

1965 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. ii. 48 In modern engineering parlance ‘a Chinese copy’ means a copy of a machine or of some component part made by eye, measurement, or tradition, without any diagram or drawings.

2001 J. Blurton Scenery i. vi. 49/2 It is extraordinarily difficult to accurately measure a pipe ‘by eye’..so don't bother.

†(a) by the eye: in unlimited quantity, without stint. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] > freely or copiously

without restraint1443

by the eyea1500

without stint1651

a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 477 (MED) This cuppe hit hat Lonycoll..Fill it be þe ee, i þe pray.

?1521 Bk. Ghoostly Fader sig. B.iv^v Unreasonably to drynke wyne and ale With hey howe fyll the pot by the eye And this is called euery good company.

c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iii. iv Thou shalt have broth by the eye.

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D2 Here's mony and gold bi'th eie my boy.

单词	by the eye
释义	> as lemmas by the eye 7. With reference to the eye as a means of estimation by visual inspection, as contrasted with precise measurement, the use of instruments, etc.; also in extended use. Frequently in by eye (formerly chiefly by the eye). Formerly also in †with eye. Cf. by rack of eye at rack n.⁵ 6. ΚΠ a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 33^v Our stone departe ye shall in partes tweyne full egallye, with subtill balaunce and not with eie. 1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia viii. sig. G.j^v For that he iudged by the eye onely, seeinge wee in this out cleare ayre doe accompt 20 myles a ken at Sea. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Naturall Questions iii. xxviii, in tr. Seneca Wks. 826 If a man measure by the eye the crest of the highest mountaines, hee shall finde that the sea equalleth them in heighth. 1671 J. Brown Descr. & Use Trianguler-quadrant 14 The hundredth thousand part is alwayes to be estimated by the eye in all Instruments whatsoever. 1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 188 It does not appear to have been done by any other help than the Correctness of the Eye. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 5) I. sig. 2O/1 Chain... Draw a rough sketch of the place by eye. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 88 Estimate by the Eye the Distance of C from A. 1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 38 Boiled down to a proper consistence, which they guess by the eye, and by the touch. 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) xiii. 161 Several..hospital ‘sisters’,..could, as accurately as a measuring glass, measure out all their patients' wine and medicine by the eye. 1869 O. S. Fowler Pract. Phrenologist 141 Excel in judging of property where bulk and value are to be estimated by eye. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer iv. 146 Rightly judged by the eye, a catch should drop into the hands. 1921 Spectator 26 Feb. 268/2 When you start your wall there seems by eye very little or nothing wrong with it, but when you have got it up some thirty or forty feet the out-of-trueness is appalling. 1965 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. ii. 48 In modern engineering parlance ‘a Chinese copy’ means a copy of a machine or of some component part made by eye, measurement, or tradition, without any diagram or drawings. 2001 J. Blurton Scenery i. vi. 49/2 It is extraordinarily difficult to accurately measure a pipe ‘by eye’..so don't bother. extracted from eyen.¹ by the eye †(a) by the eye: in unlimited quantity, without stint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] > freely or copiously without restraint1443 by the eyea1500 without stint1651 a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 477 (MED) This cuppe hit hat Lonycoll..Fill it be þe ee, i þe pray. ?1521 Bk. Ghoostly Fader sig. B.iv^v Unreasonably to drynke wyne and ale With hey howe fyll the pot by the eye And this is called euery good company. c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iii. iv Thou shalt have broth by the eye. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D2 Here's mony and gold bi'th eie my boy. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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