squint

verb

/skwɪnt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they squint	/skwɪnt/ /skwɪnt/
he / she / it squints	/skwɪnts/ /skwɪnts/
past simple squinted	/ˈskwɪntɪd/ /ˈskwɪntɪd/
past participle squinted	/ˈskwɪntɪd/ /ˈskwɪntɪd/
-ing form squinting	/ˈskwɪntɪŋ/ /ˈskwɪntɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] to look at something with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better眯着眼睛看
- to squint into the sun眯起眼睛看太阳
- She was squinting through the keyhole.她眯着眼从锁眼里看。
- He squinted at the letter in his hand.他眯着眼看手里的信。
- The driver had to squint against the sun to see where he was going.司机不得不眯着眼睛迎着太阳看他要去哪里。
- squint something When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance.他眯着眼睛，只能隐约看见远处有一所房子。
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[intransitive] (British English) (of an eye眼睛) to look in a different direction from the other eye斜视
- His left eye squints a little.他左眼有点斜视。
- A squinting eye can be corrected by surgery.斜视眼可以通过手术矫正。
[intransitive] to have eyes that look in different directions（人）患斜视

Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.

noun

/skwɪnt/

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[countable, usually singular] a condition of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction斜视
- He was born with a squint.他生下来就斜视。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bad
- slight
verb + squint
- have
- correct
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[singular] (British English, informal) a short look瞥；瞟
- Have a squint at this.你看看这个。