| 单词 | black eye |
| 释义 | black eye
1. An eye of which the iris is black or very dark-coloured; esp. as a mark of beauty, a dark lustrous eye.
a1667,1775[Implied at black-eyed a. 1 a.] 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 363/2 The Mongolian variety:—characterised by olive colour..and black eyes. 1842Tennyson May Queen ii, There's many a black black eye, they say, but none so bright as mine.
2. a. A discoloration of the flesh around the eye produced by a blow or contusion.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. ii. Wks. 1873 II. 122, I doe not bid you beat her, nor giue her blacke eyes. 1819Byron Juan ii. cxii, Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle. 1886C. Coborn (title of song) Two lovely black eyes. 1926Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. iii. 132, I thought they'd have a row... Hadn't Michael a black eye? 1937D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 54 At this moment I could have been tramping at your heels with five babies and a black eye.
b. fig. A severe blow or rebuff.
1744C. Cibber Another Occas. Let. to Mr. P[ope] 8 If you had not been a blinder Booby, than myself, you would have sate down quietly with the last black Eye I gave you. 1813J. Orrok Let. 1 Oct. (1927) 167 The young folks gave the Jelly and Jam a black eye. 1900Congress. Rec. Jan. 1004/2, I hope the Pension Committee will give a black eye to every bill of that kind. 1962Listener 29 Nov. 895/1 A black eye for the Indian Army. |
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