eyeball

bulbo oculare

L’intera parte rotonda dell’occhio, compresa quella nascosta all’interno della testa.

In inglese semplice: The whole round part of an eye, including the part hidden inside your head.

• The doctor examined his eyeball.
• Small muscles control the movement of each eyeball.
• Both eyeballs were protected by special goggles.

Sinonimi: eye

Espressioni comuni: human eyeball, eyeball movement, injured eyeball, left eyeball

occhiata

Rapido sguardo a qualcosa, di solito per controllarlo.

In inglese semplice: A quick look at something, usually to check it.

• Give this report an eyeball, please.
• A quick eyeball of the figures revealed a mistake.
• Have you given the final design an eyeball yet?

Come si usa: give something an eyeball (Could you give these figures an eyeball?)

Sinonimi: look, glance, inspection

Espressioni comuni: give an eyeball, quick eyeball, eyeball of something

stimare a occhio

Valutare una quantità o una dimensione guardando, senza misurare.

In inglese semplice: To judge an amount or size by looking, without measuring it.

• Just eyeball the amount of rice.
• She eyeballed the distance between the posts.
• Can you eyeball how much paint we need?

Sinonimi: estimate, gauge

Espressioni comuni: eyeball the amount, eyeball the distance, eyeball something

fissare

Guardare qualcuno o qualcosa attentamente e a lungo.

In inglese semplice: To look at someone or something closely for a long time.

• Stop eyeballing me.
• The guard eyeballed every visitor suspiciously.
• They were eyeballing each other across the room.

Sinonimi: stare at, eye

Espressioni comuni: eyeball someone, eyeball suspiciously, eyeball each other