Squint



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.斜视

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English asquint
• Date: 1579
• 1. of an eye looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
• 2. of the eyes not having the visual axes parallel ; crossed

II. verb

• Date: 1599
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim
    • b. to deviate from a true line
  • 2.
    • a. to look in a squint-eyed manner
    • b. to be cross-eyed
    • c. to look or peer with eyes partly closed
• transitive verb
  • to cause (an eye) to squint
• ? squinter noun
• ? squintingly adverb

III. noun

• Date: circa 1652
• 1. strabismus
• 2. an instance of squinting
• 3. hagioscope
• ? squinty adjective

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