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单词 squint
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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/
  1. [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。
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  2. [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。
  3. [intransitive] to have eyes that look in different directions(人)患斜视
  4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.

squint

noun
/skwɪnt/
/skwɪnt/
  1. [countable, usually singular] a condition of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction斜视
    • He was born with a squint.他生下来就斜视。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bad
    • slight
    verb + squint
    • have
    • correct
  2. [singular] (British English, informal) a short look瞥;瞟
    • Have a squint at this.你看看这个。
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.
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