pie-eyed

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpaɪˌaɪd/|/ˌpaɪˈaɪd/    美 /ˈpaɪˌaɪd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed. informal
    — [H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that pie-eyed zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six.
  2. (Extremely) drunk or intoxicated. broadly,informal
    — "He's just pie-eyed," said Dart quietly. "God knows how much straight alcohol he's had. Better come over here, Andy."

词形变化

more pie-eyed comparative most pie-eyed superlative

词源

From pie (“type of pastry consisting of an outer crust and a filling”) + eyed, a hyperbole suggesting that a person’s eyes are open so wide that they are as large as pies.
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