squint

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb
V_es/s
squints
V_ing/Gerund
squinting
V_ed/pp
squinted
  1. 1.

    (intransitive)To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

    The children squinted to frighten each other.

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To look or glance sideways.

    Đồng nghĩa: skew

  3. 3.

    (intransitive)To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

  4. 4.

    (figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

  5. 5.

    (Scotland, intransitive)To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

  6. 6.

    (transitive)To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

    to squint an eye

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
squints
  1. 1.

    An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.

  2. 2.

    The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.

    He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.

  3. 3.

    (informal)A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.

  4. 4.

    A hagioscope.

  5. 5.

    (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.

  6. 6.

    (architecture) An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

Tính từ

adjective
  1. 1.

    Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.

  2. 2.

    (Scotland)askew, not level

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

squintinglyunsquintingsquinchsquintersquizzsquint like a bag of nailssquint-a-pipessquinting modifiercross-eyed

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Nguồn gốc từ

Derived from asquint (obliquely, with a sidelong glance).

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, dictionary, wiktionary · cập nhật 16/8/2026

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