核心畫面

Picture a face with the eyes opened as far as they go. Nobody decides to do this; the eyes open by themselves when the world sends something bigger than expected. The look means the person is taking everything in and has nothing shut out yet. Hold that face for a second, and it is surprise. Hold it for a year, and it is someone who has not learned to shut anything out.

可以想成一張臉,眼睛張到最開。沒有人是故意這樣做的。世界丟來的東西比預期的大,眼睛就自己開了。那個樣子表示這個人全部更多收起可以想成一張臉,眼睛張到最開。沒有人是故意這樣做的。世界丟來的東西比預期的大,眼睛就自己開了。那個樣子表示這個人全部收進來,還沒有關掉任何東西。這張臉停一秒,是驚訝。這張臉維持一年,就變成一個還沒學會關上什麼的人。

From the word’s history

The source treats the word as wide plus eye plus -ed, that is, having wide eyes.

來源資料把這個字直接拆成 wide、eye 和 -ed 三個部分,也就是「眼睛張得很開的」。所以它的底層本來就是一張臉的描寫。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1228411837) entry for wide-eyed, sense: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed.

One branch

張大的眼睛,從一秒到一整段日子

兩個意思是同一張臉,差別只在時間長度。一個是當下的表情,一個是長期的狀態。

adjective · B2

With your eyes open very wide, especially because you are surprised, excited or frightened.

睜大眼睛的