an eyelet placed in a hole in a sheet or panel to protect or insulate a rope or cable passed through it or to prevent the sheet or panel from being torn (开孔处的)扣眼;索环,索眼
(Medicine)a tube surgically implanted in the eardrum, typically to drain fluid from the middle ear (医)(尤指为导出中耳液体,通过手术植入鼓膜的)中耳导液管
(informal, chiefly Austral.)a young or inexperienced surfer or skateboarder (非正式,主澳)冲浪新手;滑板新手
语源
early 17th cent. (in nautical use in the sense 'a circle of rope used as a fastening'): from obsolete French grommette, from gourmer 'to curb', of unknown ultimate origin. Current senses date from the mid 20th cent