eye-wateringとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From eye +‎ watering.

形容詞

eye-watering (comparative more eye-watering, superlative most eye-watering)

1. Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes.
2. (figurative) Having an extremely bad odour.

   Synonym: foul-smelling

3. (figurative) So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:expensive

   • 2021 January 25, Chris Barker, Dr Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in The Guardian‎:

     Toyota is developing a hydrogen fuel cell car, but the research and development costs are eye-watering. By contrast, a British firm, Riversimple, is producing a cheap, compact two-seater, which will probably come to dominate the small car market, particularly for drivers who cannot plug in a car at home.

   • 2021 November 17, “Open Access: Hope for Woodhead”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:

     Both residents and drivers know that the cost of the current proposals to improve the A628 from Mottram all the way to the Flouch Inn has already reached eye-watering billions.

   • 2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian‎:

     With food prices at a record high, inflation at its highest in three decades, fuel prices topping $3 a litre and eye-watering housing costs, Labour has been paying for it in the polls.

   • 2022 October 17, Jeremy Hunt, quotee, “Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax”, in The Guardian‎:

     “That means decisions of eye-watering difficulty,” he said. “Every single one of those decisions – whether reductions in spending or increases in tax – will be shaped through core, compassionate Conservative values that will prioritise the needs of the most vulnerable.”

4. (figurative) Of a shocking or surprising nature.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:surprising

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