a small round hole in leather or cloth for threading a lace, string, or rope through (皮革或布料上的)孔眼 ■a metal ring used to reinforce such a hole 镶孔金属环 ■a small hole ornamented with stitching around its edge, used as a form of decoration in embroidery (刺绣品中的)镂空花饰 ■a small hole or slit in a wall for looking through 窥视孔
(eyeleted, eyeleting)
[with obj.]make eyelets in (fabric) 在 (织物)上打小孔
语源
late Middle English oilet, from Old French oillet, diminutive of oil 'eye', from Latin oculus. The change in the first syllable in the 17th cent. was due to association with eye