asquint

a. 斜眼看的 adv. 侧目地

发音

其它 /əˈskwɪnt/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Looking sideways, as though warily.

    Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.

adv.
  1. 1.

    With narrowed eyes.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

squint askance askant sidelong squint-eyed squinty

近义相关 1

indirect

词源

From Middle English asquint, asquynt, asqweynt, equivalent to a- (“on, at”) + a word related to Dutch schuinte (“tilt, slant, slope”), Saterland Frisian Schüünte (“slope, slant”), West Frisian skeante (“slope, slant”), German Low German Schüünte (“angle, slant, slope, pitch”). Compare also Middle English askoin, askoyn, of skwyn (“on a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), West Frisian skean (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), German Low German schüün (“slanting”), Norwegian Nynorsk skeina (“to move obliquely”).

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