eye-apple

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The eyeball or pupil
  2. Synonym of apple of one's eye.

词形变化

eye-apples plural

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From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye + apple.
Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).
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