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单词 bull's-eye
释义

bull's-eye

noun

ˈbu̇lz-ˌī How to pronounce bull's-eye (audio)
 also  ˈbəlz-
variants or bullseye
plural bull's-eyes or bullseyes
1
: a very hard globular candy
2
: a circular piece of glass especially with a lump in the middle
3
a
: the center of a target
also : something central or crucial
b
: a shot that hits the bull's-eye
broadly : something that precisely attains a desired end
4
: a simple lens of short focal distance
also : a lantern with such a lens

Synonyms

  • bottom line
  • centerpiece
  • core
  • crux
  • essence
  • gist
  • heart
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • net
  • nub
  • nubbin
  • nucleus
  • pith
  • pivot
  • point
  • root
  • sum
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Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

bull's-eye

noun

ˈbu̇lz-ˌī
1
: the center of a target
2
: a shot that hits the center of a target

bull's-eye

noun

as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • root
  • essence
  • core
  • heart
  • bottom line
  • kernel
  • point
  • sum and substance
  • meat
  • sum
  • meat and potatoes
  • gist
  • the long and short
  • nucleus
  • net
  • pivot
  • nub
  • crux
  • centerpiece
  • the long and the short
  • keynote
  • subject
  • pith
  • tenor
  • theme
  • content
  • nubbin
  • direction
  • course
  • substance
  • drift
  • body
  • hypothesis
  • thesis
  • proposition
  • purport
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