squint

squint
verb
  1. [no obj.]look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light
    （为了能看清楚或由于强光而）眯着眼看
    the bright sun made them squint.
    明亮的阳光使他们眯起眼来。
    ■[with obj.]partly close (one's eyes) for such reasons
    （为看得更清楚或因强光而）眯着（眼睛）看
  2. [no obj.]have eyes that look in different directions
    斜着眼；眼睛斜视
    Melanie did not squint.
    梅勒妮没有斜视。
    ■(of a person's eye) have a deviation in the direction of its gaze
    （人的眼睛）患斜视；患斜眼
    her left eye squinted slightly.
    她的左眼有点斜视。
noun
  1. [in sing.]a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye
    斜视，斜眼，斜眼症
    I had a bad squint.
    我斜视得很厉害。
  2. [in sing.](informal)a quick or casual look
    (非正式)瞟，瞥
    let me have a squint.
    让我瞟一眼。
  3. an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar from an aisle or side chapel
    斜视孔（允许从走廊或副礼拜堂看祭坛的墙上斜孔）
adjective
  1. (chiefly Scottish)not straight or level
    (主苏格兰)不直的，歪的；不平的，斜的
派生
squinter
noun
  1. 患斜眼的人
squinty
( )
adjective
  1. [often in combination]squinty-eyed.
    斜眼的。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'squinting', as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint
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