squint

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
    — He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
  3. A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep. informal
    — —And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint. —Give us a squint at her, says I.
  4. A hagioscope.
  5. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
  6. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
动词 v.
  1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. intransitive
    — The children squinted to frighten each other.
  2. To look or glance sideways. intransitive
  3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. intransitive
  4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. figuratively,intransitive
    — Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism.
  5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Scotland,intransitive
  6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. transitive
    — to squint an eye
形容词 adj.
  1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
  2. askew, not level Scotland

词形变化

squints present,singular,third-person squinting participle,present squinted participle,past squinted past squints plural

词汇关系

近义词
skelly
衍生词
squinch squinter squizz squint-a-pipes squintingly squinting modifier squint like a bag of nails unsquinting leper's squint squintless squinty squint-eyed squintly squintness
相关词
cross-eyed

词源

词源 1
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
词源 2
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
词源 3
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
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