词汇 | black-eye |
释义 | black eye noun[ C ] uk /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ us /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ black eyenoun[C] (INJURY)an area of skin around the eye that has gone dark because it has been hit: (被打或撞成的)青肿眼眶 He had a fight at school and came home with a black eye.他在学校里打架了,回家时眼眶青肿。 Skin complaints & blemishes acne rosacea age spot anti-crack anti-dandruff anti-leprosy cyst dermatitis hickey macular nettlerash papular papule pemphigus pimply prickle pustule scabby ulcer verruca wart black eyenoun[C] (DAMAGE)mainly US something that damages someone's or something's reputation; a bad reputation: The problem is something of a black eye for what has been the biotechnology industry's most successful product. He described recent incidents of sexual harassment as "a black eye for the university." Inaccurate hurricane predictions gave forecasters a black eye. The trial verdict was a black eye for United States diplomacy. For her, the loss of a major sports team is just another black eye for the area. Asked about the impact of doping cases on the sport, he replied, "It is a black eye, but I suspect there are a lot of sports out there with black eyes." "This is a black eye on the country - a country that I thought was modern and free," he says. "A lot of us moved here for the school system, and now look at it," she exclaims, "I think the strike gave Middletown a black eye." Damaging reputation anti-defamation aspersion besmirch black mark blacken defamatory defame demonize dog drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom hatchet job malign scurrility scurrilous scurrilously self-immolation show someone in a bad lightidiom slur smear tarnish black eye | American Dictionaryblack eye noun[ C ] us/ˈblæk ˈɑɪ/ dark colored skin around the eye from being injured or hit: fig. The controversy gave him a political black eye. Examples of black eyeblack eye He had a blackeye and was exhausted, but it looked like we were in the clear. A drunken man is led in by his wife, who has a blackeye. Those councillors got a blackeye for their efforts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He wants to know whether he qualifies, with a blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that we were in danger as producers of giving ourselves a blackeye as consumers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a boy went courting a girl in a neighbouring village he did not get the girl, but he got a blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Avant garde theorists may think they are lunging at finance capitalists but it is the small saver who will get the blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A policeman got a blackeye, a damaged ear and other slight injuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He emerged from the meeting with a blackeye and a fractured jaw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a happy experience, from which one is lucky to emerge with only a blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly remember hearing him saying that the real danger is that as producers we should give ourselves a blackeye as consumers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not content with giving the motorist a blackeye, they want to give him a thick ear as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ought to say that now in case there is a reference to my blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it was not successful we probably got kicked out, and if the fellow taking the money was bigger than us we probably got a blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He and the deputy had a row, using pit language, which is fairly clean, and the deputy struck the lad in the face, giving him a blackeye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of black eye These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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