eye up

じろじろ見る、目をつける

欲しい、付き合いたいなどと思って、人や物をじっと見る。

やさしい英語で： To look carefully at someone or something, often because you want them or it.

• He was eyeing up the cake.
• She eyed up a red dress in the window.
• Are you eyeing up the last piece of pizza?

使い方： eye someone/something up (She eyed the new jacket up.)

類義語： eye, check out, look over

よく使う表現： eye up someone, eye up something, eye something up

目測する、目分量で判断する

正確に測ったり試したりせず、見た目で大きさや距離などを判断する。

やさしい英語で： To judge something by looking at it, without carefully measuring or testing it.

• Just eye up the gap.
• He eyed up the shelf before cutting the wood.
• Can you eye up the distance without using a ruler?

類義語： eyeball, estimate by eye

よく使う表現： eye up something, eye up the gap