Squint

(noun.) the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed.

(verb.) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; 'The children squinted so as to scare each other'.

(verb.) partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light; 'The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield'.

(verb.) be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus.

整理:朱莉安娜

• You shall have a good squint at it then. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I'm a man of business, and I took a squint at 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Puillet was much interested, but he was troubled with a squint which presented to his anxious gaze but a blurred mixture of images. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• My aunt, with her hands behind her, walked up and down the room, until the gentleman who had squinted at me from the upper window came in laughing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The man on the other side of the half-door, was a waterside-man with a squinting leer, and he eyed her as if he were one of her pupils in disgrace. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

整理:韦尔登