eyeball

noun

/ˈaɪbɔːl/

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[countable] the whole of the eye, including the round part inside the head that cannot be seen眼球；眼珠
Topics Bodyc1
eyeballs [plural]
(informal) used to refer to the number of people who visit a website, watch a television programme, read a magazine, etc., especially when considering how much money they may bring in眼球：用来指访问网站，观看电视节目，阅读杂志等的人数，尤其是考虑到他们可以带来多少收入时
- It's a sad fact that bad news grabs more eyeballs than good news.不幸的是，坏消息比好消息更能吸引眼球。

Idioms

be drugged up to the eyeballs

be up to your eyeballs in something

(informal) to have a lot of something to deal with忙于；埋头于；深陷于
- They're up to their eyeballs in work.他们的工作忙得不可开交。

eyeball to eyeball (with somebody)

(informal) very close to somebody and looking at them, especially during an angry conversation, meeting, etc.（与某人）面对面，怒目相视，对峙
- The protesters and police stood eyeball to eyeball.抗议者与警察剑拔弩张。
- an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation面对面的对抗

verb

/ˈaɪbɔːl/

(informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they eyeball	/ˈaɪbɔːl/ /ˈaɪbɔːl/
he / she / it eyeballs	/ˈaɪbɔːlz/ /ˈaɪbɔːlz/
past simple eyeballed	/ˈaɪbɔːld/ /ˈaɪbɔːld/
past participle eyeballed	/ˈaɪbɔːld/ /ˈaɪbɔːld/
-ing form eyeballing	/ˈaɪbɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈaɪbɔːlɪŋ/

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eyeball somebody/something to look at somebody/something in a way that is very direct and not always polite or friendly瞪着；逼视；盯住
- They eyeballed each other across the room.他们在房间里互相打量着。