Word · Frequency #219
eyes
打量；注视
eyes is the third person singular of eye.
To observe someone or something carefully or appraisingly.
- 1.
To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
仔细或评估地观察
- 2.
To consider.
考虑
- 3.
To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
去除(土豆的)芽眼
- 4.
To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
让鱼卵发育到黑色眼点可见
考虑；看待；去掉（土豆的）芽眼；使（鱼卵）发眼；仔细或评估地观察；考虑
In use
She eyed the cake hungrily before deciding to take a slice.
The detective eyed the suspect suspiciously during the interrogation.
He was eyeing the new smartphone in the store window.
Verb forms
base eye · third person eyes · -ing eyeing · past eyed · past participle eyed
规则动词，现在分词为eyeing。
Connections
Collocations
- eye someone suspiciously
- 怀疑地打量某人
- She eyed the stranger suspiciously.她怀疑地打量着那个陌生人。
- eye the competition
- 审视竞争对手
- The company is eyeing the competition closely.这家公司正在密切审视竞争对手。
- eye the clock
- 不时看钟
- He kept eyeing the clock during the meeting.开会时他不停看钟。
- eye up
- （感兴趣地）打量；物色
- He was eyeing up the last piece of cake.他盯着最后一块蛋糕。
- eye the prize
- 盯着奖品；觊觎目标
- All the runners were eyeing the prize.所有赛跑选手都盯着奖品。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：eye 发音同“I(我)”，想象“我用眼睛仔细打量”，动词意为注视、打量。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、narrative writing、agriculture/gardening、aquaculture 作为动词，eye 在一般语境中多用于“注视/打量”或“考虑/看中”，口语和书面语都可用；而“去除（土豆）芽眼”“使鱼卵发育到眼点”等义项则比较常见于农业、园艺或水产养殖等专业场合。
Grammar Note
用作及物动词时，后接宾语，表示'注视、观察'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词与 eye 一样押 /aɪ/ 韵：I（同音）、my、why、high、sky、fly。注意不要按拼写猜测：eye 的拼写容易让人误读，但实际读音为 /aɪ/，与字母 I 的读音相同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，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。
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