black eye
短语睑阏斑
发音
US
/ˌblæk ˈaɪ/
词形变化
black eyes
复数
black eyes
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
黑眼圈
熊猫眼
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2.
A defeat.
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3.
Damage to a reputation.
比喻He looked downward in mournful gloom at the skeet-shooting range he had ordered built for the officers on his headquarters staff, and he recalled the mortifying afternoon General Dreedle had tongue-lashed him ruthlessly in front of Colonel Korn and Major Danby and ordered him to throw open the range to all the enlisted men and officers on combat duty. The skeet-shooting range had been a real black eye for him, Colonel Cathcart was forced to conclude.
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4.
An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
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5.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.