shiner
shiner — 名詞
- shinersingular
- shinersplural
1. a dark bruise that forms around someone's eye after being punched or hit there.
瘀青的眼眶
眼睛周圍被打到瘀青的地方
a dark bruise that forms around someone's eye after being punched or hit there.
Hao came home from the boxing class with a nasty shiner.
Hao 上完拳擊課回到家，眼眶帶著一塊嚇人的瘀青。
collocation: a nasty shiner
Christopher tripped on the stairs and woke up with a shiner the next morning.
Christopher 在樓梯上絆倒，隔天早上醒來眼眶就瘀青了。
The school nurse pressed a cold pack against Diya's shiner.
學校護士把冰敷袋按在 Diya 瘀青的眼眶上。
After the bar fight, Theo proudly showed off his swollen shiner.
酒吧鬥毆之後，Theo 得意地炫耀他那腫起來的瘀青眼眶。
Valentina hid her shiner behind a thick layer of makeup before work.
上班前，Valentina 用厚厚一層化妝品遮住眼眶的瘀青。
用法筆記
Informal and usually countable: people say 'a shiner' or 'give someone a shiner'. More casual than the neutral term 'black eye'.
常見錯誤
2. a person or thing that gives off or reflects a lot of light and so looks bright
發亮之物
會發光或反光、看起來閃亮的人或物
a person or thing that gives off or reflects a lot of light and so looks bright or stands out.
Of all the stars over the desert, Venus was the brightest shiner that night.
在沙漠上空的眾多星星中，金星是那晚最亮的一顆。
the brightest shiner = the most shining one
Sade polished the brass lamp until it became the shiner of the whole collection.
Sade 把那盞黃銅燈擦得發亮，成了整批收藏裡最閃亮的一件。
Among the dull pebbles on the beach, one wet stone stood out as a shiner.
在海灘暗淡的鵝卵石之間，一顆濕潤的石頭格外閃亮、特別搶眼。
The new sports car in the showroom was the obvious shiner among older models.
展示間裡那台新跑車，在一排舊車款中明顯是最亮眼的一台。
- standout
something clearly noticeable, here because of its shine
用法筆記
Mostly descriptive or literary; in everyday speech 'a shiner' far more often means a black eye (sense 1), so this sense needs a clear context of light or brightness.
3. a small, shiny silver freshwater fish from North America, often used as live bai
銀色小魚
北美一種銀亮的小型淡水魚，常用作釣餌
a small, shiny silver freshwater fish from North America, often used as live bait by anglers.
Tuan filled his bucket with live shiners before heading out to the lake.
Tuan 出發前往湖邊之前，先在水桶裡裝滿了活的銀色小魚。
live shiners used as fishing bait
The bait shop sells dozens of shiners to weekend fishermen every Saturday.
那家釣具店每個週六都會賣出好幾十條銀色小魚給週末釣客。
shiners sold as bait
A flash of silver showed where a shiner darted under the wooden dock.
一道銀光閃過，一條銀色小魚竄到了木製碼頭下方。
Roya hooked a small shiner and cast it into the deep green water.
Roya 鉤住一條銀色小魚，把牠拋進深綠色的水裡。
- minnow
general term for small freshwater fish used as bait; a shiner is one shiny type
用法筆記
Most common in North American fishing contexts and often plural ('shiners') when referring to bait. Rarely heard outside angling.