瞼

まぶた
eyelids

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まぶた【目蓋， 瞼】

eyelid

〖C〗《◆単に lid ともいう》

a double-［single-］edged eyelid 二重［一重］まぶた.

¶ → 目蓋が重くなる (瞼が重くなる)

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まぶた【目蓋･瞼】

an eyelid; the lid (of an eye).

●たれ下がったまぶた a drooped eyelid.

●彼のまぶたがぴくぴくと動いた. His eyelids twitched.

・まぶたが重くなる 〔眠くなる〕 one's eyelids grow heavy

・教科書を開くとなぜかまぶたが重くなる. When I open a textbook my eyelids want to close.

・まぶたが熱くなる tears come to one's eyes.

●まぶたに残る live in one's memory

・まぶたに浮かぶ come back [alive] in one's memory

・彼女はもう二度と戻ることのない故郷の風景をしっかりとまぶたに焼き付けた. She fixed in her mind scenes of the hometown she was never again to see.

●まぶたのけいれん a twitching of the eyelid; 【医】 cillosis

・まぶたの母 one's mother from whom one was separated in one's infancy; the mother who lives in the memory of one's childhood.

●まぶたを閉じる close one's eyelids; shut one's eyes

・まぶたをひっくり返す roll back sb's eyelid; roll the lids back from sb's eyes.

上[下]瞼 the upper [lower] eyelid.

一重[二重]瞼 a single(-edged) [double(-edged)] eyelid.

●〔整形手術で〕 一重まぶたを二重(まぶた)にする put a fold in sb's eyelids.