眼

眼 [yǎn] 名

1. ■ （眼睛） eye:

瞪了他一眼 give him a hard look;

假眼 artificial eye;

两眼无神 with dull eyes;

亲眼所见 see with one's own eyes;

瞥了他一眼 shoot a glance at him;

一夜没合眼 have not slept a wink the whole night;

独眼总比全瞎好。 Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.

她两眼含泪。 Her eyes were wet with tears.

2. ■ （小洞; 窟窿） small hole; aperture:

打个眼 bore a hole;

耳朵眼儿 earhole;

泉眼 the mouth of a spring;

网眼 mesh (of a net);

针眼 the eye of a needle;

炮眼 porthole; borehole;

钮眼 buttonhole

3. ■ （事物的关键所在） key point:

节骨眼儿 critical juncture

4. ■ {围棋} （成片的白子或黑子中间的空儿） trap

5. ■ （戏曲中的拍子） an unaccented beat in traditional Chinese music:

一板三眼 one accented beat and three unaccented beats in a bar

6. ■ （姓氏）a surname:

眼宁 Yan Ning

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1. ■ （用于井等）:

两眼井 two wells;

这眼泉干涸了。 The spring has run dry.