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the eyeball
The eyeball is protected by the skull.
眼球受到头骨的保护。
眼球
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
眼球
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
The eyeball is protected by the skull.
眼球受到头骨的保护。
眼球
The ball of the eye.
容纳脊椎动物眼球的球状囊
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
对某物的一瞥
An instance of eyeballing something.
读者群或观众群
A readership or viewership.
The doctor asked me to look up so she could check my eyeball.
医生让我往上看，以便检查我的眼球。
Dust in the air made her eyeballs red and watery.
空气中的灰尘让她的眼球发红、流泪。
He rubbed his eyeball gently after some shampoo got into it.
洗发水进到眼睛里后，他轻轻地揉了揉眼球。
The eyeball is protected by the skull.
眼球受到头骨的保护。
His eyeballs were red from crying.
他哭得眼球发红。
Not this
She eyeballed at the menu to find the prices.
Use this
She eyeballed the menu to find the prices.
eyeball 作动词时是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不能接介词 at。中文的“看”常搭配“看着”，但英语中 look at 才需要 at，而 eyeball 本身已有“盯着看”的意思，所以要说 eyeball someone/something。
Not this
Yesterday, I eyeball him suspiciously.
Use this
Yesterday, I eyeballed him suspiciously.
时间状语 yesterday 表示过去，规则动词 eyeball 的过去式必须加 -ed 变成 eyeballed。中文动词没有时态变化，所以学习者容易忘记，但英语过去时需用动词过去式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
面对面；针锋相对
The two presidents met eyeball to eyeball at the summit.
两位总统在峰会上面对面会晤。
吸引眼球；吸引关注
The ad's bright colors are sure to attract eyeballs.
这则广告鲜艳的色彩肯定能吸引眼球。
目测；肉眼检查
The car passed the eyeball test, but still needed a real inspection.
这辆车通过了目测，但仍需正式检查。
眼球运动
The study measures eyeball movement during sleep.
这项研究测量睡眠期间的眼球运动。
面对面地；针锋相对地
The two leaders sat eyeball to eyeball during the tense meeting.
两位领导人在紧张的会议上面对面地坐着。
忙得不可开交；深陷于
I'm up to my eyeballs in work this week.
这周我忙得不可开交。
肉眼检查；直观判断
The new player passes the eyeball test, but we need to check his stats.
这位新球员看起来不错，但我们需要检查他的数据。
我们正眼对眼地对峙，而我想对方先眨了眼。
The doctor examined his eyeball carefully.
医生仔细检查了他的眼球。
Use eyeball naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
eye（眼睛）+ ball（球）= 眼球，想象眼睛像一颗圆球，就能记住 eyeball。
语域：neutral 常见场景：医学或科普描述、日常对话 作名词表示“眼球”时，通常属于中性表达，既可用于医学或科普语境，也可用于日常叙述；总体比较安全，无需特意选用更正式或更随意的说法。
这些词有助于观察 eyeball 的拼写和读音。eye 与 eyeball 的 /aɪ/ 相同；ball、highball、baseball、football、basketball 都含 -ball，读 /bɔl/。但只有 highball 与 eyeball 完全押韵（重读元音同为 /aɪ/，后面同为 /bɔl/），其他 -ball 复合词重音在前，不与 eyeball 整体押韵。注意 eyebrow /ˈaɪ.braʊ/ 与 eyelash /ˈaɪ.læʃ/ 虽以 eye- 开头，但后半段发音不同，不是押韵词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.