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Meaning of fox eye | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A type of eye associated with East Asian people, characterized as narrow, slanted, or upturned.
    countable, in-plural
  2. A makeup technique in which the outer corners of the eyes are darkened to a triangular point.

Examples

“When NaiNai was in her prime, she had a slender figure, a swanlike neck, and a pair of fox eyes with both ends tilted up.”
“Nobu glimpsed a porcelain face, camellia lips and slanted fox eyes […]”
“She stared past the hastily dyed hair, past the freckle-shielding makeup, and into the girl's sunken fox eyes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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