| 词汇 | black eye |
| 词源 | black eye; a black-eyed beauty. Black eye has had two mean- ings for over three centuries. In one sense it is a mark of beauty, an eye in which the iris is very dark and lustrous—hence our expression a black-eyed beauty. In another sense a black eye is of course a discoloration of the flesh around the eye from a blow or contusion. Both expressions were coined toward the beginning of the 17th century. |
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