squint
英 [skwɪnt]
美 [skwɪnt]
vi. 眯眼看；斜视；窥视；偏移
vt. 使斜眼；眯眼看
n. 斜视；斜孔小窗；一瞥
adj. 斜视的；斜的
TEM8 GRE
skew => squint
squint 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.
1. The bright sunlight made me squint . 强烈的阳光刺得我眯起了眼。 来自柯林斯例句
2. to squint into the sun 瞇起眼睛看太阳 来自《权威词典》
3. A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正. 来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint . 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛. 来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He lost his glasses and had to squint into the dark. 他把眼镜丢了,不得不眯着眼在黑地上走. 来自辞典例句
