a hole with a metal ring around it in a piece of cloth or leather, normally used for passing a rope or string through (供穿绳、线用的)圆孔眼 Insert the tent poles through the eyelets on the groundsheet. 将帐篷杆穿过接地板上的孔眼。 The jacket has underarm eyelets for ventilation. 这件夹克腋下有透气孔。
Word Originlate Middle English oilet, from Old French oillet, diminutive of oil ‘eye’, from Latin oculus. The change in the first syllable in the 17th cent. was due to association with eye.