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单词 squint
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squint

(skwɪnt)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense squints, present participle squinting, past tense, past participle squinted
1. verb
If you squint at something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed.
The girl squinted at the photograph. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The man squinted up at him. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The bright sunlight made me squint. [VERB]
He squinted his eyes and looked at the floor. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: peer, screw up your eyes, narrow your eyes, look through narrowed eyes More Synonyms of squint
2. countable noun
If someone has a squint, their eyes look in different directions from each other.
More Synonyms of squint

squint in British English

(skwɪnt)
verb
1. (usually intr)
to cross or partly close (the eyes)
2. (intransitive)
to have a squint
3. (intransitive)
to look or glance sideways or askance
noun
4.  the nontechnical name for strabismus
5. 
the act or an instance of squinting; glimpse
6.  Also called: hagioscope
a narrow oblique opening in a wall or pillar of a church to permit a view of the main altar from a side aisle or transept
7.  informal
a quick look; glance
adjective
8. 
having a squint
9.  informal
crooked; askew
Derived forms
squinter (ˈsquinter)
noun
squinty (ˈsquinty)
adjective
Word origin
C14: short for asquint

squint in American English

(skwɪnt)
verb intransitive
1. 
to look or peer with the eyes partly closed, as when the light is too strong
2. 
to look with the eyes turned to the side; look obliquely or askance
3. 
to be cross-eyed
4. 
to incline or have a tendency (toward a given direction, belief, etc.)
5. 
to deviate from a given line, tendency, etc.
verb transitive
6. 
to cause to squint
7. 
to keep (the eyes) partly closed in peering at something
noun
8. 
the act of squinting
9. 
an inclination or tendency
10. 
an oblique or perverse tendency or bent
11. 
the condition of being cross-eyed; strabismus
12.  Informal
a look or glance, often sidelong or casual
adjective
13. 
squinting; looking askance or sidelong
14. 
characterized by strabismus
squint eyes
Derived forms
squinter (ˈsquinter)
noun
squintingly (ˈsquintingly)
adverb
squinty (ˈsquinty)
adjective
Word origin
aphetic for asquint

Examples of 'squint' in a sentence
squint

To imagine the end result you need to squint hard and employ considerable imagination.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You rarely see them in daylight and if you do, they are squinting in the sunlight.
The Sun (2008)
But squint a bit - and maybe there is something in it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But you'll still have to squint hard to tell this new car from the original.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I honestly found myself doing a bit of a squint.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She was seen squinting after treatment in West London.
The Sun (2016)
If you squint a bit and don't think too hard, you can just about see that this makes sense.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If I squint a bit.
The Sun (2008)
By squinting hard I could make out the strange line of vapour which stretched across the sky, a little more ragged now.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
On radio I have him as short, hairy and bespectacled after all those years spent in dark rooms squinting at a screen.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
squint

British English: squint /skwɪnt/ VERB
If you squint at something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed.
The girl squinted at the photograph.
  • American English: squint
  • Arabic: يَنْظُرُ بِعَيْنَيْـنِ نِصْفَ مُغْمَضَتَيْـنِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: olhar com os olhos meio fechados
  • Chinese: 眯着眼看
  • Croatian: žmirkati
  • Czech: mžourat
  • Danish: kigge med sammenknebne øjne
  • Dutch: turen
  • European Spanish: bizquear
  • Finnish: karsastaa
  • French: loucher
  • German: schielen
  • Greek: αλληθωρίζω
  • Italian: strizzare gli occhi
  • Japanese: 斜視である
  • Korean: 눈을 가늘게 뜨고 보다
  • Norwegian: skjele
  • Polish: zmrużyć oczy
  • European Portuguese: olhar com os olhos meio fechados
  • Romanian: a se uita chiorâș
  • Russian: косить (глазами)
  • Latin American Spanish: entrecerrar los ojos
  • Swedish: kisa
  • Thai: ชำเลืองมอง
  • Turkish: şaşı bakmak
  • Ukrainian: мружитися
  • Vietnamese: bị lác mắt
British English: squint NOUN
If someone has a squint, their eyes look in different directions from each other.
...a pimple-faced man with a squint.
  • American English: squint
  • Brazilian Portuguese: estrabismo
  • Chinese: 斜视
  • European Spanish: estrabismo
  • French: strabisme
  • German: Schielen
  • Italian: strabismo
  • Japanese: 斜視
  • Korean: 사시
  • European Portuguese: estrabismo
  • Latin American Spanish: estrabismo

Chinese translation of 'squint'

squint

(skwɪnt)

vi

  1. 眯着(著)眼看 (mīzhe yǎn kàn)

n (c)

  1. (Med) 斜视(視) (xiéshì)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to glance sideways
The girl squinted at the photograph.
Synonyms
peer
I peered ahead and saw them on the causeway.
She peered intently through the window.
screw up your eyes
narrow your eyes
look through narrowed eyes
2 (verb) 
Definition
to have eyes which face in different directions
Synonyms
have a squint
be cross-eyed
be boss-eyed
1 (noun) 
Definition
an eye disorder in which one or both eyes turn inwards or outwards from the nose
She had a bad squint in her right eye.
Synonyms
cross eyes
strabismus
2 (noun) 
Definition
a quick look
They have waited a long time to have a squint inside my lovely shed.
Synonyms
look
She took a last look in the mirror.
glimpse
The fans waited outside the hotel to get a glimpse of their heroine.
peek
I had a quick peek into the bedroom.
glance
She stole a quick glance at her watch.
butcher's (British, slang)
gander (informal)
look-see (slang)
shufti (British, slang, informal)
(adjective) 
Definition
not straight
(informal) 
Synonyms
crooked
He gave her a crooked grin.
awry
His dark hair was all awry.
oblique
askew
She stood there, hat askew.
off-centre
cockeyed (informal)
Dusty photographs were hanging at cockeyed angles on the walls.
skew-whiff (informal)
aslant
Opposites
even
,
level
,
true
,
straight
,
square
,
in line
,
vertical
,
aligned
,
plum
,
horizontal
,
perpendicular

Additional synonyms

in the sense of askew
Definition
towards one side
She stood there, hat askew.
Synonyms
crooked,
awry,
oblique,
lopsided,
off-centre,
cockeyed (informal),
skewwhiff (British, informal)
in the sense of awry
Definition
with a twist to one side
His dark hair was all awry.
Synonyms
askew,
twisted,
crooked,
to one side,
uneven,
off course,
out of line,
asymmetrical,
off-centre,
cockeyed (informal),
misaligned,
out of true,
skew-whiff (informal)
in the sense of cockeyed
Definition
crooked or askew
Dusty photographs were hanging at cockeyed angles on the walls.
Synonyms
crooked,
squint (informal),
awry,
lopsided,
askew,
asymmetrical,
skewwhiff (British, informal)

Nearby words of
squint

  • squeamish
  • squeeze
  • squeeze something out
  • squint
  • squire
  • squirm
  • squirrel

Synonyms of 'squint'

squint

Explore 'squint' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of glance
Definition
a quick look
She stole a quick glance at her watch.
Synonyms
peek,
look,
glimpse,
peep,
squint,
butcher's (British, slang),
quick look,
gander (informal),
brief look,
dekko (slang, old-fashioned),
shufti (British, slang),
gink (New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of glimpse
Definition
a brief view
The fans waited outside the hotel to get a glimpse of their heroine.
Synonyms
look,
sighting,
sight,
glance,
peep,
peek,
squint,
butcher's (British, slang),
quick look,
gander (informal),
brief view,
shufti (British, slang)
in the sense of peek
Definition
such a glance
I had a quick peek into the bedroom.
Synonyms
glance,
look,
glimpse,
blink,
peep,
butcher's (British, slang),
gander (informal),
look-see (slang),
glim (Scottish),
shufti (British, slang),
keek (Scottish)
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