squint
v
1 [I] have eyes that do not move together but look in different directions at once 患斜视.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (at, through, up, etc sth) look (at sth) with eyes half shut or turned sideways, or through a narrow opening 眯著眼睛, 乜斜著眼睛(看某物); 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看, 窥看(某物)
squinting in the bright sunlight 在很亮的阳光下眯起眼睛
squinting through the letter-box 从投信口向信箱里面看. squint, n
1 (abnormal condition causing the) squinting position of an eyeball or eyeballs 斜视; 斜视症
He was born with a squint. 他先天斜视.
They both have squints. 他俩都是斜视.
2 (Brit infml 口) look or glance 看; 瞥
Have/Take a squint at this. 你看看这个吧. squint, adv, adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
(infml 口) not straight; askew 不直(的); 歪斜(的)
The bottle-top has been screwed on squint. 瓶盖儿没拧正.
I think a joint venture would be beneficial to us both.
我认为合资经营对双方都是有利的。
Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?