deep-set

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ˌdeep-ˈset adjective HBHdeep-set eyes seem to be further back into the face than most people’s 〔眼睛〕深陷的，凹陷的

Examples from the Corpus

deep-set• His eyes were deep-set and almost feverish, shining out from under craggy brows.• The eyes were deep-set and shadowed.• There seems to be on his face, and in his deep-set eyes, an expression of profound sadness and disillusionment.• Her firm jaw slanted sideways, and her large, deep-set eyes seemed often to be staring at some-thing in the distance.• His deep-set eyes were normally narrowed against intrusion.• Father Vic was a wiry man in his late forties with a sharp nose and darting, deep-set eyes.• He was sitting on the Café-Restaurant's deep-set verandah, shaded almost to the point of darkness against the morning sun.• I lounged on the couch in the attic sitting-room, pyramidal in shape with deep-set windows.

ˌdeep-ˈset adjectiveChineseSyllable

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