squint: [14] Squint is short for the now nearly defunct asquint [13], which may have been based on the ancestor of Dutch schuinte ‘slope, slant’, a derivative of schuin ‘sideways, sloping’. The origins of this are not known.
squint (adj.)
1570s, "looking different ways; looking obliquely," shortened form of asquint (adv.). Meaning "looking indirectly" is from 1610s.
squint (v.)
1590s, from squint (adj.). Related: Squinted; squinting.
squint (n.)
"non-coincidence of the optic axes," 1650s, from squint (adj.). Meaning "sidelong glance" is from 1660s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The bright sunlight made me squint.
強(qiáng)烈的陽(yáng)光刺得我瞇起了眼。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. to squint into the sun
瞇起眼睛看太陽(yáng)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch.
斜視有時(shí)候可以通過(guò)戴眼罩來(lái)糾正.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint.
太陽(yáng)直射著她的眼睛,使她瞇起了眼睛.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. He lost his glasses and had to squint into the dark.