keep one's eyes peeled

短语

谨慎小心, 警惕

发音

AU

词形变化

keeping one's eyes peeled keeps one's eyes peeled 三单 keeps one's eyes peeled kept one's eyes peeled keeping one's eyes peeled 现在分词 kept one's eyes peeled 过去式 kept one's eyes peeled 过去分词

别名

keep one's eyeballs peeled

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be on the alert, to be watchful.

    习语 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

keep one's eyes open keep one's eyes skinned

上位词 3

watch watch out look out

词源

US, 19th century. Peeled probably refers to keeping one's eyelids retracted.

来源：wiktionary