English Dictionary

pie-eyed

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpaɪˌaɪd/

形容詞

くだけた表現 広義

(informal, originally US) With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed. / (informal, by extension) (Extremely) drunk or intoxicated.

日本語の意味

目を大きく開いて無表情に見つめる様子 / （俗語で）非常に酔っている状態

He sat pie-eyed on the windowsill, watching the rain with a blank expression.

彼は窓辺に座り、目を大きく見開いて無表情のまま雨を眺めていた。

意味（1）

(informal, originally US) With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.

[H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that pie-eyed zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six.

意味（2）

(informal, by extension) (Extremely) drunk or intoxicated.

He's just pie-eyed, said Dart quietly. God knows how much straight alcohol he's had. Better come over here, Andy.

more pie-eyed （ comparative ）

most pie-eyed （ superlative ）