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单词 beady-eyed
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Definition of beady-eyed in English:

beady-eyed

adjective
  • 1Having small, round, gleaming eyes.

    眼睛晶亮如小珠的

    a beady-eyed chicken
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The train is never late,’ jokes the beady-eyed black-bearded station master as we wait in the middle of the Corsican mountains for it to arrive, ‘but the timetable is often a little wrong.’
    • In this remake of the Argentine caper Nine Queens, the great John C. Reilly manages to imbue his pudgy, beady-eyed grifter Richard Gaddis with an offbeat élan.
    • Later, as Val slowly dozed off - the beady-eyed white bear watching her from her dresser - her last coherent memory was of the sounds of nothing… nothing at all.
    • ‘The white turkey is a beady-eyed, evil-looking thing,’ he said.
    • On top of it all, the beady-eyed actor lacks the vulnerability of a romantic lead.
    • He appeared in real life as I had seen him in photos: beady-eyed, with dark matted hair and a free-growing beard, always seeming to wear the cumbersome jacket with a hood that is much beloved of movie directors.
    • The gray, beady-eyed little bird in the cage seems an unlikely candidate for a savior.
    • Vincent came into view, a beady-eyed parrot on his shoulder.
    • There is plenty of room to swim down inside her curved exhaust stacks, habitats now for clown nudibranchs and large, beady-eyed prawns.
    • The beady-eyed bird is grotesque, nightmarish.
    • The heron resumed his beady-eyed stance, scanning the depths of the pond for an unwary goldfish.
    • Before his professional involvement, Schembri's infinite love affair with film began as a beady-eyed kid from Williamstown experiencing his inaugural big screen event, The Towering Inferno.
    1. 1.1 Keenly observant, typically in a sinister or hostile way.
      beady-eyed security guards
      uniformed guards view you with beady-eyed suspicion
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are also vaguely contemptuous of his beady-eyed negotiations regarding fees and wardrobe allowances.
      • Spotted by a beady-eyed cop, he expected to be charged but nothing came of it.
      • Who cares what a beady-eyed ranter on MSNBC says?
      • Unfortunately, this brief exchange was caught by the beady-eyed cheerleaders.
      • But what the company may not have realised is that Bow Road has its very own beady-eyed resident blogger.
      • Commercial property is bought and sold without emotion by beady-eyed finance professionals who weigh the opportunity cost of the money they invest; residential properties are often bought for emotional reasons.
      • She couldn't help notice the beady-eyed looks of the villagers.
      • Open a little over a month, the place is already overrun with West Village dignitaries and hordes of beady-eyed food aristocrats.
      • Snagging a wealthy husband is the true goal of all flight attendants, we quickly glean, yet Bergen's character is never played as a beady-eyed angler.
      • Beady-eyed clients, once known to turn a blind eye to the occasional indiscretion from their agencies, no longer stand for it.
      • You'd think such a guy might ring a few warning bells - and not only with her adoring, beady-eyed dad.

Definition of beady-eyed in US English:

beady-eyed

adjectiveˌbēdēˈīdˌbidiˈaɪd
  • 1Having small, glinting eyes.

    眼睛晶亮如小珠的

    a beady-eyed chicken
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this remake of the Argentine caper Nine Queens, the great John C. Reilly manages to imbue his pudgy, beady-eyed grifter Richard Gaddis with an offbeat élan.
    • The heron resumed his beady-eyed stance, scanning the depths of the pond for an unwary goldfish.
    • On top of it all, the beady-eyed actor lacks the vulnerability of a romantic lead.
    • There is plenty of room to swim down inside her curved exhaust stacks, habitats now for clown nudibranchs and large, beady-eyed prawns.
    • The gray, beady-eyed little bird in the cage seems an unlikely candidate for a savior.
    • ‘The train is never late,’ jokes the beady-eyed black-bearded station master as we wait in the middle of the Corsican mountains for it to arrive, ‘but the timetable is often a little wrong.’
    • The beady-eyed bird is grotesque, nightmarish.
    • Vincent came into view, a beady-eyed parrot on his shoulder.
    • ‘The white turkey is a beady-eyed, evil-looking thing,’ he said.
    • He appeared in real life as I had seen him in photos: beady-eyed, with dark matted hair and a free-growing beard, always seeming to wear the cumbersome jacket with a hood that is much beloved of movie directors.
    • Before his professional involvement, Schembri's infinite love affair with film began as a beady-eyed kid from Williamstown experiencing his inaugural big screen event, The Towering Inferno.
    • Later, as Val slowly dozed off - the beady-eyed white bear watching her from her dresser - her last coherent memory was of the sounds of nothing… nothing at all.
    1. 1.1 Keenly observant, typically in a sinister or hostile way.
      beady-eyed security guards
      uniformed guards view you with beady-eyed suspicion
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Open a little over a month, the place is already overrun with West Village dignitaries and hordes of beady-eyed food aristocrats.
      • Beady-eyed clients, once known to turn a blind eye to the occasional indiscretion from their agencies, no longer stand for it.
      • Who cares what a beady-eyed ranter on MSNBC says?
      • Snagging a wealthy husband is the true goal of all flight attendants, we quickly glean, yet Bergen's character is never played as a beady-eyed angler.
      • You'd think such a guy might ring a few warning bells - and not only with her adoring, beady-eyed dad.
      • Unfortunately, this brief exchange was caught by the beady-eyed cheerleaders.
      • Spotted by a beady-eyed cop, he expected to be charged but nothing came of it.
      • They are also vaguely contemptuous of his beady-eyed negotiations regarding fees and wardrobe allowances.
      • She couldn't help notice the beady-eyed looks of the villagers.
      • But what the company may not have realised is that Bow Road has its very own beady-eyed resident blogger.
      • Commercial property is bought and sold without emotion by beady-eyed finance professionals who weigh the opportunity cost of the money they invest; residential properties are often bought for emotional reasons.
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