eyeball

eyeball
noun
  1. the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket. In mammals it is typically a firm mobile spherical structure enclosed by the sclera and the cornea
    眼球,眼珠
verb
  1. [with obj.](informal, chiefly N. Amer.)look or stare at closely
    (非正式,主北美)盯着看;仔细打量
    we eyeballed one another.
    我们相互打量了一番。
常用词组
eyeball to eyeball
  1. face to face with someone, especially in an aggressive way
    (剑拔弩张地)面对面,对峙
    he wheeled round to confront John eyeball to eyeball.
    他突然转过身来,和约翰怒目相对。
give someone the hairy eyeball
  1. (N. Amer. informal)stare at someone in a disapproving or angry way, especially with one's eyelids partially lowered
    (北美,非正式)睥睨
up to the (或 one's) eyeballs
  1. (informal)used to emphasize the extreme degree of an undesirable situation or condition
    (非正式)深陷困境
    he's up to his eyeballs in debt.
    他债台高筑。
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