eye-apple

短语

词形变化

eye-apples 复数 eye-apples

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The eyeball or pupil

    医学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of apple of one's eye.

词源

From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye + apple. Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).

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