eyeball
The ball of the eyeThe ball of the eye.
» Is it safe to eat a pig's eyeball?
Значение
значений: 6The ball of the eye.
Near-synonym: eye
You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.
Augapfel
глазно́е я́блокоglaznóje jábloko
о́чне я́блукоóčne jábluko
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
An instance of eyeballing something.
Give this report an eyeball, will you please?
(разговорное)Surveillance.
(во множественном числе)A readership or viewership.
We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.
(сленг)A face-to-face meeting.
We had an eyeball last year.
(Caribbean)A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
Примеры
предложений: 17Is it safe to eat a pig's eyeball?
We're in debt up to our eyeballs.
I like to eyeball my ingredients, mostly because I don't feel like washing my measuring cups over and over.
Я предпочитаю добавлять ингредиенты на глаз главным образом потому, что не люблю перемывать мерные стаканы.
deIch koche gern nach Gefühl, hauptsächlich, weil ich keine Lust darauf habe, meine Messbecher immer wieder zu spülen.
Ivan was walking around, eyeballing us.
My eyeballs are quite red and itchy.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, liFrom eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).
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Формы
мн. число: eyeballsСинонимы
синонимов: 9- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye:orb