eyelids ... droop• Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.• Tiredness crept over her, making her eyelids droop.• Her eyelids drooped, fluttered, and then drooped again.• Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.• One of the issues in his last re- electioncampaign was that his eyelids frequently drooped during meetings.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + EYELID | EYELID + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤lower, upper下眼皮;上眼皮▸➤closed, half-closed緊閉的/半閉的眼皮▸➤drooping, heavy, hooded下垂的/沉重的/耷拉的眼皮VERB + EYELID➤lift抬起眼皮◇She lifted one eyelid to see what he was doing.她抬起一隻眼皮看看他在做什麼。➤close, open閉上/睜開眼瞼EYELID + VERB➤droop眼皮下垂➤flutter眼皮抖動PREPOSITION➤behind (your) eyelid用眼睛◇She watched him from behind half-closed eyelids.她從半閉的眼睛縫裏看着他。