把眼睛瞇成一條細縫
這一家最靠近核心畫面。視線沒有大方地正對前方，而是被眼皮壓成一條窄縫。光太強、或東西太小太遠的時候，人幾乎會自動這樣做。
verb · B2
To look at something with your eyes almost closed, either because the light is too bright, or because the thing is small, far away, or hard to see clearly.
瞇眼看
核心畫面
One way to hold squint in your head: the eyes are not looking straight out at the world. Either the press down until only a thin slit is left, or the line of sight slides off to one side. Both are the same small idea — the look is off the straight line — and every meaning of squint, from a face in strong sunlight to a slanted opening in a church wall, can be seen growing out of it.
squint 可以想成一個畫面：眼睛沒有正正地對著前方看。要嘛眼皮壓下來，只留一條細縫；要嘛視線整個偏到旁邊去。兩種…更多收起
squint 可以想成一個畫面：眼睛沒有正正地對著前方看。要嘛眼皮壓下來，只留一條細縫；要嘛視線整個偏到旁邊去。兩種都是同一個小小的想法——看的方向「不正」。從陽光下瞇起來的臉，到兩眼各看各的方向，再到教堂牆上斜斜開的小洞，都可以看成從這個畫面長出來的。From the word’s history
Wiktionary derives squint from the older word asquint, meaning obliquely, with a sidelong glance. That root sits directly under the modern core: the idea of a look that runs at an angle rather than straight ahead.
Wiktionary 說 squint 來自更早的 asquint，意思是「斜斜地、用眼角看」。這個來源正好對上今天的核心畫面：視線走的是斜線，不是正前方。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry 'squint', etymology_text: 'Derived from asquint ("obliquely, with a sidelong glance").' source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:803545034:31897
Four branches
兩眼各看各的方向
核心畫面是「視線不正對」。這一家把這個「不正對」搬到兩隻眼睛之間：一隻對著目標，另一隻偏開，兩條視線對不起來。
noun · C1
A condition of the muscles around the eyes that makes each eye point in a slightly different direction.
斜視
斜斜地看一眼
這一家保留了字源裡那個最原始的方向感：頭不太動，眼珠子往旁邊送出去。用眼角看人，本來就藏著一點保留，所以這組意思常帶著懷疑或只是匆匆一瞥。
verb · C1
To look sideways at someone or something, out of the corner of your eye, sometimes because you are not sure about it or do not quite trust it.
斜眼看
斜斜開出來的小窗
這一家把「斜」從眼睛搬到建築上。牆擋住了視線，於是洞被斜斜地開出來，讓站在旁邊的人也能看到中間的祭壇——角度這次是蓋在牆裡的，不是做在臉上的。
noun · C2
In an old church, a narrow opening cut at an angle through an inside wall, so that people standing in a side part of the building can still see the altar.
教堂斜視孔