eyeball

globe oculaire

Toute la partie ronde de l’œil, y compris celle qui est cachée à l’intérieur de la tête.

En anglais simple : The whole round part of an eye, including the part hidden inside your head.

• The doctor examined his eyeball.
• Small muscles control the movement of each eyeball.
• Both eyeballs were protected by special goggles.

Synonymes : eye

Expressions courantes : human eyeball, eyeball movement, injured eyeball, left eyeball

coup d’œil

Regard rapide sur quelque chose, généralement pour le vérifier.

En anglais simple : A quick look at something, usually to check it.

• Give this report an eyeball, please.
• A quick eyeball of the figures revealed a mistake.
• Have you given the final design an eyeball yet?

Comment l'utiliser : give something an eyeball (Could you give these figures an eyeball?)

Synonymes : look, glance, inspection

Expressions courantes : give an eyeball, quick eyeball, eyeball of something

estimer à vue d’œil

Évaluer une quantité ou une taille simplement en regardant, sans mesurer.

En anglais simple : To judge an amount or size by looking, without measuring it.

• Just eyeball the amount of rice.
• She eyeballed the distance between the posts.
• Can you eyeball how much paint we need?

Synonymes : estimate, gauge

Expressions courantes : eyeball the amount, eyeball the distance, eyeball something

dévisager

Regarder quelqu’un ou quelque chose attentivement pendant longtemps.

En anglais simple : To look at someone or something closely for a long time.

• Stop eyeballing me.
• The guard eyeballed every visitor suspiciously.
• They were eyeballing each other across the room.

Synonymes : stare at, eye

Expressions courantes : eyeball someone, eyeball suspiciously, eyeball each other