eyeball
The ball of the eyeThe ball of the eye.
» Is it safe to eat a pig's eyeball?
Значення
значень: 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?
(розмовне)Surveillance.
(у множині)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.
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речень: 17Is it safe to eat a pig's eyeball?
We're in debt up to our eyeballs.
Ivan was walking around, eyeballing us.
My eyeballs are quite red and itchy.
He weighed one kilogram of vegetables by eyeballing it.
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Походження
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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множина: eyeballsСиноніми
синонімів: 9- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye:orb