| query | People sometimes talk about the e__ of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film.People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film. I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society. |
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| word | eye |
| full-definition | noun Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see. I opened my eyes and looked. Maria's eyes filled with tears. ...a tall, thin white-haired lady with piercing dark brown eyes. He is now blind in one eye. You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things. William was a man of discernment, with an eye for quality. Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States. I cast a practised eye over the sky to determine what the weather would be like. He first learnt to fish under the watchful eye of his grandmother. An electric eye or infrared eye is a device which can recognize the presence of people or objects by detecting the light or heat coming from them. An infra-red eye is said to detect the movement of any animal within 10 metres. People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film. I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society. An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow. An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing. The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through. The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it. The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami. verb If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way. Sally eyed Claire with interest. We eyed each other thoughtfully. Martin eyed the bottle at Marianne's elbow. |
| inflections | eyeseyeingeyingeyedopticpeeper |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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