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語源

From 中期英語 eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded 古期英語 *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye +‎ lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).

Generally superseded non-native 中期英語 palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

発音

• IPA: /ˈaɪ.lɪd/
• 韻: -aɪlɪd

名詞

eyelid (plural eyelids)

1. A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 41:18, column 2:

     By his neeſings a light doth ſhine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.

   • 2000, Joshua P. Warren, The Evil in Asheville, page 246:

     […] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.

   • 2009 January 14, Natasha Singer, “Love the Eyelashes. Who Is Your Doctor?”, in The New York Times‎:

     Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again.

同意語

• blepharon
• palpebra

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