英语词组the evil eye是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

idiomthe evil eyeunlucky the power, that some people believe exists, to harm people just by looking at them:The men in the streets avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye.In the Eastern Mediterranean, small glass eyes are still worn on necklaces, to ward off the evil eye.

evil eye

1. The power believed by the superstitious to inflict harm, injury, or misfortune by a look or stare. They say that the old lady living in the house at the end of the road has an evil eye—if she catches you in her gaze, you'll be cursed with bad luck for a year!

2. A hateful, malicious, or villainous look or stare that suggests or is thought to be capable of inflicting harm or misfortune. I saw him giving me the evil eye, so I turned around and walked the other way.

the evil eye

The evil eye is a harmful magical force that is given by looking at someone. Some people said an evil eye had been put on her.

the evil eye

a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause harm.

evil eye, the

The power of being able to inflict harm at a glance. This age-old superstition—the Roman poet Virgil speaks of it bewitching lambs—is in modern times expressed figuratively and sometimes ironically. Edward Bulwer-Lytton used it in The Last Days of Pompeii (1834): “‘He certainly possesses the gift of the evil eye,’ said Clodius of Arbaces the Egyptian.” As for a modern jocular example: “Where house plants are concerned, I seem to have the evil eye.”

词组	the evil eye
释义	idiomthe evil eyeunlucky the power, that some people believe exists, to harm people just by looking at them:The men in the streets avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye.In the Eastern Mediterranean, small glass eyes are still worn on necklaces, to ward off the evil eye. evil eye 1. The power believed by the superstitious to inflict harm, injury, or misfortune by a look or stare. They say that the old lady living in the house at the end of the road has an evil eye—if she catches you in her gaze, you'll be cursed with bad luck for a year! 2. A hateful, malicious, or villainous look or stare that suggests or is thought to be capable of inflicting harm or misfortune. I saw him giving me the evil eye, so I turned around and walked the other way. the evil eye The evil eye is a harmful magical force that is given by looking at someone. Some people said an evil eye had been put on her. the evil eye a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause harm. evil eye, the The power of being able to inflict harm at a glance. This age-old superstition—the Roman poet Virgil speaks of it bewitching lambs—is in modern times expressed figuratively and sometimes ironically. Edward Bulwer-Lytton used it in The Last Days of Pompeii (1834): “‘He certainly possesses the gift of the evil eye,’ said Clodius of Arbaces the Egyptian.” As for a modern jocular example: “Where house plants are concerned, I seem to have the evil eye.”
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