red eye
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3.4
- noun
- /rɛd aɪ/
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ojo rojo
- When he woke up, he had a red eye.
- puffy red eyes
- pair of red eyes
- one red eye
Just go back to commenting on Glens bleary red eyes, how he looks high in every picture.
- Just go back to commenting on Glens bleary red eyes, how he looks high in every picture.
Examples
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Because if we don't get sleep, we're gonna have red eyes when we get to new Orleans.
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Mother with red eyes and his brother looked grimmer than ever.
Fiction book (1997) -
I have a red eye!
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"His glowing red eyes bored into the old man's face."
Fiction book (1991) -
KATE REYNOLDS, 21, pretty, Dorothy Hamill haircut, rubbing the tears from her swollen red eyes.
Fiction book (2000) -
After a long night of studying, she noticed that she had a red eye in the morning.
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His red eye made it clear that he had been staring at the computer screen for too long.
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The doctor advised him to rest his eyes because the red eye indicated irritation from lack of sleep.
How Red
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is directly composed from 'red' (a color) + 'eye' (the organ), so a learner who knows both words will naturally interpret it as an eye that appears red; the photographic cause (flash reflection) is a specific explanation but does not prevent understanding of the basic meaning. This simple adjectival + noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'ojos rojos') and therefore immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Red eye for an irritated eye is simply a description: the eye turns red from tiredness, infection, or allergies. So calling it a 'red eye' points to the red, sore look of the eye.