eye-catching

/ˈaɪ kætʃɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaɪ kætʃɪŋ/ (ame, ipa)

eye-catching — adjective

1. so bright, colourful, or unusual that people notice it straight away when they s

1.形容詞B2
釋義

so bright, colourful, or unusual that people notice it straight away when they see it.

例句

Sayaka wore an eye-catching yellow dress to her cousin's summer wedding.

attributive: eye-catching + noun (clothing colour)

The bookshop's window display had an eye-catching tower of red apples and old maps.

eye-catching + concrete display noun

同義詞
  • striking

    slightly more formal; can also describe people

  • noticeable

    weaker — just means easy to see, without the strong visual appeal

  • showy

    often negative, suggests too flashy or trying too hard

  • arresting

    formal; emphasises stopping the viewer in their tracks

反義詞
  • plain

    lacking decoration or bright features

  • unremarkable

    neutral — nothing about it stands out

用法筆記

Most often used attributively before a noun (an eye-catching dress, an eye-catching headline). Predicative use after 'be' is possible but less common. Typically describes visual items — clothes, signs, posters, displays, designs — rather than people or sounds.

常見錯誤

❌She is very eye-catching as a person.
✅She wears very eye-catching clothes.
💡eye-catching usually describes objects or designs, not people's overall character.
❌an eye-catched poster
✅an eye-catching poster
💡the form is always 'eye-catching', never 'eye-catched'.