cat's eye

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night. Commonwealth,countable,especially,plural-normally
  2. A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis. countable
  3. A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy. countable,uncountable
  4. Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl). countable,uncountable
  5. A sea snail, Lunella smaragda New-Zealand,countable
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat. countable,uncountable

词形变化

cats' eyes plural cat's eyes plural cat's-eye alternative catseye alternative

词源

An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.
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