- the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket. In mammals it is typically a firm mobile spherical structure enclosed by the sclera and the cornea.眼球, 眼珠。
with obj.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. look or stare at closely〈非正式, 主北美〉盯着看; 仔细打量：
we eyeballed one another.
我们相互打量了一番。
短语
eyeball to eyeball
- face to face with someone, especially in an aggressive way（剑拔弩张地）面对面, 对峙：
he wheeled round to confront John eyeball to eyeball.
他突然转过身来, 和约翰怒目相视。
give someone the hairy eyeball
- N. Amer. informal stare at someone in a disapproving or angry way, especially with one's eyelids partially lowered〈北美, 非正式〉对某人怒目而视。
up to the （或 one's） eyeballs
- informal used to emphasize the extreme degree of an undesirable situation or condition〈非正式〉（指令人不快的局面或条件）极度的, 到极点：
he's up to his eyeballs in debt.
他债台高筑。