| 释义 |
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stye, sty /staɪ/ n ( pl styes, sties)- inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteria
Etymology: 15th Century styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye), from Old English stīgend rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye sty1 /staɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. sties. - a pen for swine;
pigpen. - a filthy place, house, etc.
sty2 or stye /staɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. sties or styes. - Ophthalmologyan infected area caused by bacteria on the glands on the edge of the eyelid.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sty1 (stī),USA pronunciation n., pl. sties, v., stied, sty•ing.
n. - a pen or enclosure for swine;
pigpen. - any filthy place or abode.
- a place of bestial debauchery.
v.t. - to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
v.i. - to live in or as if in a sty.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English *stī in stī-fearh sty-pig; probably identical with stig- in stigweard steward; cognate with Old Norse stī, Dutch stijg, German Steige
- Ophthalmologya circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid;
hordeolum.
Also, stye. - by false division of Middle English styanye sty (styan (Old English stīgend sty, literally, rising) + ye eye), taken to be sty on eye 1610–20
|