squint
verb- [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。
- [intransitive] (British English)
(of an eye )眼睛 to look in a different direction from the other eye 斜视 - [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.