Word · Frequency #15344
eyeballs
眼球
eyeballs is the plural of eyeball.
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- 1.
The ball of the eye.
眼球
- 2.
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
容纳脊椎动物眼球的球状囊
- 3.
An instance of eyeballing something.
对某物的一瞥
- 4.
A readership or viewership.
读者群或观众群
容纳脊椎动物眼球的球状囊；对某物的一瞥；读者群或观众群；眼球；[医] 眼球
In use
The doctor asked me to look up so she could check my eyeball.
Dust in the air made her eyeballs red and watery.
He rubbed his eyeball gently after some shampoo got into it.
the eyeball
The eyeball is protected by the skull.
眼球受到头骨的保护。
one's eyeballs
His eyeballs were red from crying.
他哭得眼球发红。
Common mistakes
She eyeballed at the menu to find the prices.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。
Connections
Collocations
- eyeball to eyeball
- 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。
- attract eyeballs
- 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。
- eyeball test
- 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。
- eyeball movement
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- eyeball to eyeball
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
eye（眼睛）+ ball（球）= 眼球，想象眼睛像一颗圆球，就能记住 eyeball。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.