eye

noun

1. a small hole or loop (as in a needle)

e.g. the thread wouldn't go through the eye

2. the organ of sight

Synonym: oculusoptic

3. good discernment (either visually or as if visually)

e.g. she has an eye for fresh talent
he has an artist's eye

4. attention to what is seen

e.g. he tried to catch her eye

5. an area that is approximately central within some larger region

e.g. it is in the center of town
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
they were in the eye of the storm

Synonym: centercentremiddleheart

verb

1. look at

Synonym: eyeball

1. 眼睛
Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see.

e.g. I opened my eyes and looked...
我睁开眼睛看了看。
e.g. Maria's eyes filled with tears.
玛丽亚的眼中噙满了泪水。

2. 打量；端详
If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way.

e.g. Sally eyed Claire with interest...
萨莉饶有兴趣地打量着克莱尔。
e.g. We eyed each other thoughtfully...
我们若有所思地打量着对方。

3. 眼光;眼力;鉴赏力
You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things.

eye的近义词

e.g. William was a man of discernment, with an eye for quality...
威廉是个有鉴赏力的人，对于品质的优劣很有眼光。
e.g. Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States...
他们的首席谈判代表以批判的眼光看美国。

4. （电）眼;（红外）眼;眼状探测装置
An electric eye or infrared eye is a device which can recognize the presence of people or objects by detecting the light or heat coming from them.

eye的翻译

e.g. An infra-red eye is said to detect the movement of any animal within an angle of 110 degrees at up to 10 metres.
据说红外眼能够探测到110度角范围内远至10米的任何动物的活动。

5. 拍摄对象；镜头
People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film.

e.g. I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society.
我再次通过照相机冷漠、坚定的镜头去探究这个病态的社会。

6. （马铃薯的）芽眼
An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow.

7. 扣眼;钩眼
An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing.

8. 针眼；针鼻儿
The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through.

eye的反义词

9. 风眼;气旋中心
The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it.

eye

e.g. The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami.
飓风的风眼袭击了佛罗里达州迈阿密正南部。

10. see also: black eye;private eye;shut-eye

11. 在…眼皮底下；就在…眼前
If you say that something happens before your eyes ,in front of your eyes, or under your eyes, you are emphasizing that it happens where you can see it clearly and often implying that it is surprising or unpleasant.

e.g. A lot of them died in front of our eyes...
他们中有很多人就死在我们眼前。
e.g. We are under the eyes of both sides all the time.
我们一直都在双方的密切监视下。

12. 瞟一眼;匆匆查看；浏览
If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.

e.g. I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it...
如果他能够以专家的眼光浏览一下，告诉我他的想法，我将非常感激。
e.g. If you run your eye up and down these columns you will see that the value of some of them declined.
你把这几列上下扫视一遍，就会发现其中有些贬值了。

13. 闯入眼帘；突然引起…的注意
If something catches your eye, you suddenly notice it.

e.g. As she turned back, a movement across the lawn caught her eye.
她转过身，瞥见有个东西从草地上穿了过去。

14. 吸引…的注意
If you catch someone's eye, you do something to attract their attention, so that you can speak to them.

e.g. I tried to catch Chrissie's eye to find out what she was playing at.
我努力吸引克丽茜的注意，想知道她在搞什么名堂。

15. 看见;瞧见
To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them.

e.g. That's probably the most bare and bleak island I've ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on...
那可能是我不幸看到的最光秃、最荒凉的岛屿。
e.g. What was he doing when you last set eyes on him?
你上次见到他时他在做什么？

16. 与…目光交流/躲避…的目光
If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed.

e.g. She was looking at me across the room, and we made eye contact several times...
她从房间的另一头看着我，我们有几次目光交汇。
e.g. I spent a fruitless ten minutes walking up and down the high street, desperately avoiding eye contact with passers-by.
我在大街上一无所获来回走了10分钟，其间还要拼命地躲避路人的目光。

17. 对…视而不见;不理会
If you close your eyes to something bad or if you shut your eyes to it, you ignore it.

e.g. Most governments must simply be shutting their eyes to the problem.
大多数政府肯定会索性对那个问题视而不见。

18. 痛哭
If you cry your eyes out, you cry very hard.

19. 以眼还眼;以牙还牙;一报还一报
You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.

e.g. ...a very simple punishment code based on an-eye-for-an-eye.
非常简单的以眼还眼的惩罚法则

20. 望不到边;一望无垠
If there is something as far as the eye can see, there is a lot of it and you cannot see anything else beyond it.

e.g. Here, massive dunes stretched in every direction as far as the eye could see...
在这里，巨大的沙丘向四面八方延绵不绝，一望无垠。
e.g. There are pine trees as far as the eye can see.
放眼望去，除了松树还是松树。

21. 对…有眼力；对…有鉴别力
If you say that someone has an eye for something, you mean that they are good at noticing it or making judgments about it.

e.g. Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished off.
苏珊对细节精益求精，所以每件衣裙都做得非常漂亮。

22. 在…眼里;在…看来
You use expressions such as in his eyes or to her eyes to indicate that you are reporting someone's opinion and that other people might think differently.

e.g. The other serious problem in the eyes of the new government is communalism...
在新政府看来，另一个严重问题是社群主义。
e.g. Richard Dorrington was, in their eyes, a very sensible and reliable man...
在他们眼中，理查德·多林顿是个非常可靠的明白人。

23. 留意;瞪大眼睛;密切注意
If you keep your eyes open or keep an eye out for someone or something, you watch for them carefully.

e.g. I ask the mounted patrol to keep their eyes open...
我让骑警瞪大眼睛。
e.g. You and your friends keep an eye out—if there's any trouble we'll make a break for it.
你和你的朋友要留意——一有问题，我们就跑。

24. 密切留意
If you tell someone to keep their eyes peeled for something, you are telling them to watch very carefully for it.

25. 留意；密切注意
If you keep an eye on something or someone, you watch them carefully, for example to make sure that they are satisfactory or safe, or not causing trouble.

e.g. I'm sure you will appreciate that we must keep a careful eye on all our running costs...
我们必须密切关注所有的运营成本，这一点我想您肯定会赞同。
e.g. I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time...
我去那里跑步，期间一直留意着孩子们。

26. 含情脉脉地看着；向…抛媚眼
If you make eyes at someone, you look at them in a way which shows that you find them attractive and which is intended to get their attention.

eye的反义词

27. （事情）比看起来复杂
You say 'there's more to this than meets the eye' when you think a situation is not as simple as it seems to be.

e.g. This whole business is very puzzling. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
整件事非常令人费解，远比看起来复杂。

28. （尤指令人吃惊的或印象深刻的事情）映入…的眼帘，呈现在…眼前
If something, especially something surprising or impressive, meets your eyes, you see it.

eye

e.g. The first sight that met my eyes on reaching the front door was the church enveloped in flames.
赶到前门时，我第一眼看到的就是被大火吞没的教堂。

29. 所有目光都聚集在…上；所有人都在关注
If you say that all eyes are on something or that the eyes of the world are on something, you mean that everyone is paying careful attention to it and what will happen.

eye什么意思

e.g. All eyes will be on tomorrow's vote...
所有目光都将聚集在明天的投票上。
e.g. The eyes of the world were now on the police.
这时所有的目光都聚焦在警方。

30. 注视；密切注意
If someone has their eye on you, they are watching you carefully to see what you do.

eye的近义词

e.g. As the boat plodded into British waters and up the English Channel, Customs had their eye on her.
那艘船缓慢驶入英国水域，沿英吉利海峡向北时，海关一直密切关注着它。

31. 看上;相中
If you have your eye on something, you want to have it.

e.g. ...if you're saving up for a new outfit you've had your eye on.
如果你在攒钱买一套你看中的新衣服

32. 心中有数；心知肚明
If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.

e.g. We want all our members to undertake this trip responsibly, with their eyes open.
我们希望所有成员都能够负责地开始这次旅程，做到心中有数。

33. 使…看清楚；使…恍然大悟
If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.

e.g. Watching your child explore the world about her can open your eyes to delights long forgotten.
看着孩子探索她身边的世界能让你体会到早已忘记的快乐。

34. 与…看法一致
If you see eye to eye with someone, you agree with them and have the same opinions and views.

e.g. Yuriko saw eye to eye with Yul on almost every aspect of the production...
百合子和尤尔几乎在生产的每个方面都看法一致。
e.g. We've never seen eye to eye.
我们的看法从来就没有一致过。

35. 争议的中心；风口浪尖
If you say that someone or something is at the eye of the storm, you mean they are the main subject of a public disagreement.

e.g. The bowlers at the eye of the storm were nowhere in evidence.
处于风口浪尖的那些投手不见了踪影。
e.g. ...the minister in the eye of the storm.
备受指责的那位部长

36. 将…的视线从…上移开
When you take your eyes off the thing you have been watching or looking at, you stop looking at it.

eye

e.g. She took her eyes off the road to glance at me...
她把视线从公路上移开，扫了我一眼。
e.g. Nina couldn't take her eyes off Philip.
尼娜无法将她的视线从菲利普身上移开。

37. 以…的视角
If someone sees or considers something through your eyes, they consider it in the way that you do, from your point of view.

eye

e.g. She tried to see things through his eyes...
她尽力从他的视角看问题。
e.g. The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
这个故事是从西蒙·波特巡官的视角讲述的。

38. 深陷于…中；（常指）忙得不可开交
If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.

e.g. I am up to my eyes in work...
我工作忙得不可开交。
e.g. The women are just up to their eyes in debt.
那些女人债台高筑。

39. the apple of your eye -> see apple
to turn a blind eye -> see blind
to feast your eyes -> see feast
to look someone in the eye -> see look
in your mind's eye -> see mind
the naked eye -> see naked
to pull the wool over someone's eyes -> see wool

相关词组：eye up

1. 眼晴：主要有两个方面,一在课程当中的词汇量方面,将对王牌外语课标有20%-30%的补充词汇,这些词汇者是经常用到的,却不在课标之内,比如说人的脸部上,眼晴(eye),鼻子(nose),嘴巴(mouse)等学生都知道了,但眉毛(eyebrow)呢,课标却没有,

2. eye：with an eye to; 注意到,考虑到