英语单词
squint是什么意思
squint
英 [skwɪnt]
美 [skwɪnt]
- vi. 眯眼看；斜视；窥视；偏移
- vt. 使斜眼；眯眼看
- n. 斜视；斜孔小窗；一瞥
- adj. 斜视的；斜的
助记提示
skew => squint
英文词源
- squint
- squint: [14] Squint is short for the now nearly defunct asquint [13], which may have been based on the ancestor of Dutch schuinte ‘slope, slant’, a derivative of schuin ‘sideways, sloping’. The origins of this are not known.
- squint (adj.)
- 1570s, "looking different ways; looking obliquely," shortened form of asquint (adv.). Meaning "looking indirectly" is from 1610s.
- squint (v.)
- 1590s, from squint (adj.). Related: Squinted; squinting.
- squint (n.)
- "non-coincidence of the optic axes," 1650s, from squint (adj.). Meaning "sidelong glance" is from 1660s.
双语例句
- 1. The bright sunlight made me squint.
- 强烈的阳光刺得我眯起了眼。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. to squint into the sun
- 瞇起眼睛看太阳
来自《权威词典》
- 3. A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch.
- 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint.
- 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He lost his glasses and had to squint into the dark.
- 他把眼镜丢了,不得不眯着眼在黑地上走.
来自辞典例句