单词 | by eyeball |
释义 | > as lemmasby eyeball P6. Originally and chiefly U.S. by eyeball: by sight alone, by visual estimate; without the use of instruments, precise measurement, etc. Cf. by eye at eye n.1 7. ΚΠ 1960 Sunday Light (San Antonio, Texas) 21 Aug. a12/8 While the navigator brought the plane close to..the package, there were no magic means to snare it after that. Mitchell said: ‘I did it by eyeball.’ 1998 G. Rössel Building Small Boats (2003) 77 This can usually be done just by eyeball instead of meticulously measuring each point's location. 2004 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 18 Dec. c6/5 Before the Mannequin [sc. a ventricle shaper], doctors had to do it by eyeball. < as lemmas |
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