squint
verb/skwɪnt/
/skwɪnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they squint | /skwɪnt/ /skwɪnt/ |
| he / she / it squints | /skwɪnts/ /skwɪnts/ |
| past simple squinted | /ˈskwɪntɪd/ /ˈskwɪntɪd/ |
| past participle squinted | /ˈskwɪntɪd/ /ˈskwɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form squinting | /ˈskwɪntɪŋ/ /ˈskwɪntɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to look at something with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better
眯着眼睛看 - to squint into the sun
眯起眼睛看太阳 - She was squinting through the keyhole.
她眯着眼从锁眼里看。 - He squinted at the letter in his hand.
他眯着眼看手里的信。 - The driver had to squint against the sun to see where he was going.
司机必须在阳光下眯起眼睛才能看清自己要去的地方。 - squint something When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance.
他眯着眼睛，只能隐约看见远处有一所房子。
- to squint into the sun
- [intransitive] (British English) (of an eye) to look in a different direction from the other eye
斜视 - His left eye squints a little.
他左眼有点斜视。 - A squinting eye can be corrected by surgery.
斜视的眼睛可以通过手术矫正。
- His left eye squints a little.
- [intransitive] to have eyes that look in different directions
（人）患斜视
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.