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

Word origin

[1595–1605; eye + string + -s3]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: density, domain, exposure, premium, toss-s an ending marking nouns as plural (boys; wolves), occurring also on nouns that have no singular (dregs; entrails; pants; scissors), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning (clothes; glasses; manners; thanks). The pluralizing value of -s is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement,as the names of games (billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks) and of diseases (measles; mumps; pox; rickets); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntaryconditions, physical or mental (collywobbles; giggles; hots; willies). A parallel set of formations, where -s has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenientstates (bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers)

单词	eyestrings
释义	eyestrings in British English (ˈaɪˌstrɪŋz) plural noun tendons formerly believed to be present in the eye and to break at the onset of death or blindness eyestrings in American English (ˈaiˌstrɪŋz) plural noun obsolete the muscles, nerves, or tendons of the eye Word origin [1595–1605; eye + string + -s3]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: density, domain, exposure, premium, toss-s an ending marking nouns as plural (boys; wolves), occurring also on nouns that have no singular (dregs; entrails; pants; scissors), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning (clothes; glasses; manners; thanks). The pluralizing value of -s is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement,as the names of games (billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks) and of diseases (measles; mumps; pox; rickets); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntaryconditions, physical or mental (collywobbles; giggles; hots; willies). A parallel set of formations, where -s has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenientstates (bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers)
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eyestrings in British English

eyestrings in American English