Something eye-catching makes you look, even if you did not plan to. The colour is strong, the shape is new, or it simply stands out from everything around it.

Something eye-catching makes you look搶眼的東西會讓你忍不住看它, even if you did not plan to就算你本來沒打算看. The colour is strong顏色很強烈, the shape is new形狀很新奇, or it simply stands out from everything around it或它就是從周遭的一切裡跳出來

A yellow bag on a grey train, a shop sign with huge bright letters, a dress that shines under the lights — those are eye-catching. People say it about clothes, posters, rooms, and sometimes about a person dressed in a way you cannot miss.

A yellow bag on a grey train, a shop sign with huge bright letters, a dress that shines under the lights灰色列車上一個黃色包包、有著又大又亮字體的店招牌、燈光下閃閃發亮的一件洋裝 — those are eye-catching這些都是eye-catching. People say it about clothes, posters, rooms人們會用這個字形容衣服、海報、房間, and sometimes about a person dressed in a way you cannot miss有時候也形容一個穿著讓你不可能看漏的人

It is warm, everyday English, not a stiff school-report word.

It is warm, everyday English這是溫暖、日常的英文, not a stiff school-report word不是死板的學校報告用字

Though actually, eye-catching is not the same as beautiful. You can notice a thing because it is loud or strange, not because it is pretty. Advertisements want to be eye-catching on purpose: they are trying to catch your eye, the way a hand catches a ball.

Though actually不過其實, eye-catching is not the same as beautifuleye-catching跟beautiful（美麗）不是同一回事. You can notice a thing because it is loud or strange你注意到一個東西，可能是因為它很誇張或很奇怪, not because it is pretty不是因為它漂亮. Advertisements want to be eye-catching on purpose廣告會故意想要eye-catching: they are trying to catch your eye它們想抓住你的眼睛, the way a hand catches a ball就像一隻手接住一顆球一樣