eye

目

顔に二つある、物を見るための器官の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the two body parts in your face that you use to see.

• Close your eyes.
• She has brown eyes.
• Something got into my left eye.

よく使う表現： left eye, blue eye, close one eye, human eye

針の穴

針にある、糸を通すための小さな穴。

やさしい英語で： The small hole in a needle that you put thread through.

• This needle has a tiny eye.
• She passed the thread through the eye of the needle.
• A larger eye makes the needle easier to thread.

使い方： the eye of a needle (Push the thread through the eye of the needle.)

よく使う表現： eye of a needle, needle eye

視覚、目

物を見て、その見た目を判断する能力。

やさしい英語で： Your ability to see and judge how something looks.

• The colours are pleasing to the eye.
• These tiny marks are invisible to the naked eye.
• A trained eye can spot the difference immediately.

類義語： sight, vision

よく使う表現： to the eye, naked eye, trained eye

じっと見る、見つめる

人や物を、興味や疑いを持ってじっと見る。

やさしい英語で： To look at someone or something carefully, with interest or suspicion.

• The dog eyed my sandwich.
• She eyed the stranger suspiciously.
• He was eyeing the cakes in the window.

類義語： watch, look at, observe

よく使う表現： eye someone suspiciously, eye something carefully

検討する、狙う

何かを選ぶ、買う、手に入れることを考える。

やさしい英語で： To think about choosing, buying, or trying to get something.

• She is eyeing a promotion.
• The company eyed several sites for its new factory.
• Are you eyeing that management job?

類義語： consider

よく使う表現： eye a promotion, eye a purchase, eye an opportunity