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shut-eye

/shuht-ahy/US // ˈʃʌtˌaɪ //UK // (ˈʃʌtˌaɪ) //

闭目养神,闭眼,闭目,闭上眼睛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : sleep.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.

  • This attack, coming just days after the PlayStation DDoS, was certainly an eye-opener.

  • They eye the door anxiously, convinced that at any moment, a Pakistani or Iranian intelligence officer will come barging in.

  • And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and SAG Awards.

  • Nervous fans can keep a vigilant eye on it via a webcam hosted on the town website that offers 24-hour goat viewing.

  • But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

  • As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.

  • As small letters weary the eye most, so also the smallest affairs disturb us most.

  • Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.