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单词 eye-opener
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Definition of eye-opener in English:

eye-opener

noun ˈʌɪˌəʊp(ə)nəˈaɪˌoʊp(ə)nər
informal
  • 1An event or situation that proves to be unexpectedly enlightening.

    令人大开眼界(或出人意料、发人深省)的事件(或局势)

    a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener

    参观港区能使人大开眼界,极具吸引力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's possible to have read widely in French history and yet experience this book as something of an eye-opener.
    • It was not just this unexpected love of Shakespeare that proved an eye-opener.
    • The events connected with St. Mary's Feast should be an eye-opener.
    • And home hunting can be a quite an eye-opener of an experience in the city, especially if you are a newcomer looking for a roof to stay under.
    • It's an incredible eye-opener to be at such events in person.
    • Yorkshire couple Lizzie Lowe and David Poole spent two weeks putting the system to the test and found the experience to be an eye-opener.
    • The accounts given by those doctors who had Maori ancestry were real eye-openers.
    • It proved a real eye-opener for the three continentals.
    • If anything, this experience has been the biggest eye-opener I will ever encounter.
    • An unexpected eye-opener was our trip to see a soccer match at the national stadium.
    • The film was shot on location in West Yorkshire, which proved an eye-opener for a middle-class university-educated Hindu woman from north London.
    • The trip proved to be an eye-opener in terms of art, culture, social orderings and, not surprisingly, landscape.
    • The riveting testimony would prove an eye-opener into the working of Lastman's inner circle.
    • For experienced newscaster Gordon Burns, surviving all day without being able to take incoming calls proved a real eye-opener.
    • The experience was an eye-opener for Thomas and, she says, made her appreciate her current career all the more.
    • This is the first season Selby have had a team in the county league for over ten years and the experience has quickly proved an eye-opener for their players.
    • But his unscripted comments would prove a major eye-opener.
    • And that's one of the things that I think has been a real eye-opener in this volunteer experience.
    • But it's his journey tomorrow to Indigenous communities on Cape York that may prove the biggest eye-opener.
    • The two productions I saw were eye-openers as far as youth theatre was concerned.
    Synonyms
    blow, upset, disturbance, source of distress, source of amazement, source of consternation
  • 2North American An alcoholic drink taken early in the day.

    〈北美〉(清晨喝的)空肚酒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Comorbid clients also were more likely to have used alcohol or drugs as an eye-opener and to have been annoyed by others who criticized their use of alcohol and/or drugs.
    • Much to my chagrin, we drove past Skip's without stopping for an eye-opener.
    • Talk about a little eye-opener before your first cup of java!
    • Murphy and Clovis were enjoying an eye-opener in their cell as the morning sun streamed through the window bars in thick shafts.
    Synonyms
    beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher

Definition of eye-opener in US English:

eye-opener

nounˈaɪˌoʊp(ə)nərˈīˌōp(ə)nər
informal
  • 1in singular An event or situation that proves to be unexpectedly enlightening.

    令人大开眼界(或出人意料、发人深省)的事件(或局势)

    a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener

    参观港区能使人大开眼界,极具吸引力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The accounts given by those doctors who had Maori ancestry were real eye-openers.
    • The film was shot on location in West Yorkshire, which proved an eye-opener for a middle-class university-educated Hindu woman from north London.
    • If anything, this experience has been the biggest eye-opener I will ever encounter.
    • An unexpected eye-opener was our trip to see a soccer match at the national stadium.
    • Yorkshire couple Lizzie Lowe and David Poole spent two weeks putting the system to the test and found the experience to be an eye-opener.
    • It proved a real eye-opener for the three continentals.
    • For experienced newscaster Gordon Burns, surviving all day without being able to take incoming calls proved a real eye-opener.
    • The experience was an eye-opener for Thomas and, she says, made her appreciate her current career all the more.
    • This is the first season Selby have had a team in the county league for over ten years and the experience has quickly proved an eye-opener for their players.
    • It was not just this unexpected love of Shakespeare that proved an eye-opener.
    • The events connected with St. Mary's Feast should be an eye-opener.
    • But it's his journey tomorrow to Indigenous communities on Cape York that may prove the biggest eye-opener.
    • The trip proved to be an eye-opener in terms of art, culture, social orderings and, not surprisingly, landscape.
    • It's an incredible eye-opener to be at such events in person.
    • The two productions I saw were eye-openers as far as youth theatre was concerned.
    • The riveting testimony would prove an eye-opener into the working of Lastman's inner circle.
    • It's possible to have read widely in French history and yet experience this book as something of an eye-opener.
    • And home hunting can be a quite an eye-opener of an experience in the city, especially if you are a newcomer looking for a roof to stay under.
    • But his unscripted comments would prove a major eye-opener.
    • And that's one of the things that I think has been a real eye-opener in this volunteer experience.
    Synonyms
    blow, upset, disturbance, source of distress, source of amazement, source of consternation
  • 2North American An alcoholic drink taken early in the day.

    〈北美〉(清晨喝的)空肚酒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Talk about a little eye-opener before your first cup of java!
    • Much to my chagrin, we drove past Skip's without stopping for an eye-opener.
    • Murphy and Clovis were enjoying an eye-opener in their cell as the morning sun streamed through the window bars in thick shafts.
    • Comorbid clients also were more likely to have used alcohol or drugs as an eye-opener and to have been annoyed by others who criticized their use of alcohol and/or drugs.
    Synonyms
    beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher
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