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单词 eagle-eyed
释义
eagle-eyedˌeagle-ˈeyed adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The error was caught by an eagle-eyed bank employee.
  • The hotel was run by an eagle-eyed old man who knew everything about all the guests.
  • Two eagle-eyed reporters noticed the politician leaving a prostitute's house.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Again the overall approach is Spartan in its self-denying austerity and yet has a wholly characteristic eagle-eyed intensity.
  • Nobody but the kids and I knew about it, and I never got caught by the eagle-eyed press.
  • They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx.
  • They needed no professional help with the evening's drinking but arose magically clear-headed and eagle-eyed for each subsequent day's golf.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorgood at noticing things
good at noticing things: · Men aren't very observant about things like hair or clothes.· An observant reader has pointed out an error on page 26.· She was insightful and observant, constantly surprising her parents by what she noticed.
good at noticing and understanding situations or people's feelings: · I like her novels - she's so perceptive about people's relationships.· He was a perceptive and sophisticated man who was sensitive to other people's weaknesses.
also not miss a trick British, /not miss a thing American spoken if you do not miss much or do not miss a trick or a thing , you notice a lot about what is happening and what other people are doing or feeling: · "I think Alison and Peter are getting pretty friendly with each other." "You don't miss much, do you?"· He's still pretty sharp for an old man - he doesn't miss a thing.· We tried to keep it secret from Mum, but you know she doesn't miss a trick.
an eagle-eyed person is very good at noticing everything that people do or how they behave: · The hotel was run by an eagle-eyed old man who knew everything about all the guests.· Two eagle-eyed reporters noticed the politician leaving a prostitute's house.
if someone has eyes in the back of their head , they notice everything that is happening around them, even when they do not seem to be paying attention: · When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
how good someone is at noticing things: · Keith would make a good detective -- he has excellent powers of observation.· Her drawings displayed astonishing powers of observation.
very good at seeing or noticing things:  One eagle-eyed passerby noticed that the window was slightly open.
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