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eyeball

noun
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːl/
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːl/
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  1. [countable] the whole of the eye, including the round part inside the head that cannot be seen眼球；眼珠
    Topics Bodyc1
  2. eyeballs [plural]
     (informal) used to refer to the number of people who visit a website, watch a television programme, read a magazine, etc., especially when considering how much money they may bring in
    • It's a sad fact that bad news grabs more eyeballs than good news.可悲的事实是，坏消息比好消息吸引了更多的眼球。
Idioms
be drugged up to the eyeballs
  1. (informal) to have taken or been given a lot of drugs已服用大量毒品
be up to your eyeballs in something
  1. (informal) to have a lot of something to deal with忙于；埋头于；深陷于
    • They're up to their eyeballs in work.他们的工作忙得不可开交。🔊🔊
eyeball to eyeball (with somebody)
  1. (informal) very close to somebody and looking at them, especially during an angry conversation, meeting, etc.（与某人）面对面，怒目相视，对峙
    • The protesters and police stood eyeball to eyeball.抗议者与警察剑拔弩张。🔊🔊
    • an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation面对面的对抗

eyeball

verb
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːl/
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːl/
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present simple I / you / we / they eyeball
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he / she / it eyeballs
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːlz/
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past simple eyeballed
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːld/
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past participle eyeballed
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːld/
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-ing form eyeballing
🔊/ˈaɪbɔːlɪŋ/
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  1. eyeball somebody/something to look at somebody/something in a way that is very direct and not always polite or friendly瞪着；逼视；盯住
    • They eyeballed each other across the room.他们在房间里互相注视。