英和和英

名詞

fox eye (countable and uncountable, plural fox eyes)

1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A type of eye associated with East Asian people, characterized as narrow, slanted, or upturned.

   Synonym: almond eye

   • 2010, Anchee Min, Pearl of China‎, 1st U.S. edition, →ISBN, page 5:

     When NaiNai was in her prime, she had a slender figure, a swanlike neck, and a pair of fox eyes with both ends tilted up.

   • 2012, Lesley Downer, The Samurai's Daughter‎, Corgi edition, published 2013, →ISBN, page 132:

     Nobu glimpsed a porcelain face, camellia lips and slanted fox eyes […]

   • 2019 January, Deb Jannerson, “Worst-Case Scenario”, in Obra/Artifact‎, volume 6, page 26:

     She stared past the hastily dyed hair, past the freckle-shielding makeup, and into the girl's sunken fox eyes.

2. (cosmetics) A makeup technique in which the outer corners of the eyes are darkened to a triangular point.