单词 | eyelet |
释义 | eyelet n. & v. --n   1. a small hole in paper, leather, cloth, etc., for string or rope etc. to pass through.   2. a metal ring reinforcement for this.   3. a small eye, esp. the ocellus on a butterfly's wing (cf. EYE n. 11a).   4. a form of decoration in embroidery.   5. a small hole for observation, shooting through, etc. --vtr. (eyeleted, eyeleting) provide with eyelets. Etymology: ME f. OF oillet dimin. of oil eye f. L oculus |
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