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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    眯著眼看;斜著眼看[(+at/through)]

                      He squinted through the telescope.

                      他眯起眼透過望遠鏡看。

          2.    患斜視[W]

          3.    傾向[(+to/towards)]

          4.    偏離方向,越軌



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    眯起(眼)

          2.    使斜視



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    眯眼看;斜眼看[S1][(+at)]

          2.    【口】一瞥;看[S1][(+at)]

                      Come here till I get a good squint at you.

                      過來讓我好好看看你。

          3.    斜眼[S1]

          4.    傾向;偏向[(+to/towards)]



a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    斜視的

          2.    斜眼的



 

Ed Harris is not a control freak. Got that?



When Ed Harris is talking to you, even when he's seated just inches away across a café table, he focuses on some point in the not-so-near distance. 



It's slightly unnerving; more alarming, every once in a while—bang—he looks right at you, blue eyes squinting with an eerie intensity. 



His body tenses a bit, the lines on his forehead seem to deepen, and then, just as suddenly, the [storm] passes and the placid, chilly surface returns.



placid

–adjective 

pleasantly calm 

or 

peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid [waters].  





　

The best joke of this movie, though, is that it function[s] most happily at its most placid. Some of the early sequences, where McDonagh's dialogue is suffused [with] his debt to Beckett, are warmed by an idle suspense:



"We've got to stay here for two weeks, until he rings."

"What if he doesn’t ring?"





strident strident [insects] [hinges], a strident tone in his [writings] 

screech the screech of [owls] [brakes], disagreeable, lack of dignity

queasy 

squeamish

squeal 

He squealed [on] his mates.

squish

The soaking wet [sneakers] squished as he walked.

the [squish] of footsteps on wet leaves. 

grate

His constant chatter grates [on] my nerves.  

to grate on the [ear].  

to grate a [carrot]. 

to grate one's [teeth]. with people grating tulip bulbs to make soup. 

Raucous