English Dictionary

gooseberry-eyed

形容詞

イギリス英語 古語 俗語

(archaic, British slang) Having prominent and dull grey eyes.

日本語の意味

（古風な英国の俗語）突出していて、鈍い灰色の目をしている

The shopkeeper, gooseberry-eyed and unblinking, observed every customer who stepped inside his dim little shop.

店主は出っ張っていて鈍い灰色の目をして、瞬きもせずに薄暗い小さな店に入ってくる客をじっと見ていた。

意味（1）

(archaic, British slang) Having prominent and dull grey eyes.

He was a small, smug-faced, gooseberry-eyed man, quick in his movements, glib with his tongue, and full of the quaint shop-courtesy of eighty years ago […]

more gooseberry-eyed （ comparative ）

most gooseberry-eyed （ superlative ）