Hi, I'm Rob from Woodward English
and today we're going to learn vocabulary
associated with the eye and the eyes.
eyes
The round globular organs in your head that you use to see with.
You have one eye
or two eyes.
Example sentence
You will damage your eyes if you stare too long at the Sun.
eyelid
The pieces of skin above and below the eye that cover it when you close your eyes
The eyelids are there mainly to cover and protect your eyes.
Example sentence
He was incredibly tired and his eyelids felt heavier and heavier.
eyelashes
The hairs growing on the edge of your eyelids.
Example sentence
She applied mascara to her eyelashes to make them thicker and more noticeable.
Some ladies use false eyelashes
which are artificial ones
that are glued to the eyelid.
They use glue .... aargh! .... like this ....
No, not this type of glue.
It's a type of adhesive that is included with the eyelash so it sticks a lot easier and
it makes them appear a lot better.
There is an expression which is to flutter your eyelashes.
Like this.
Flutter is normally used when a bird or insect hovers more or less in the same place
by quickly moving its wings up and down... like this.
It is not flying where it moves from one place to another place.
No, it flutters, it stays more or less in the same place.
And the way the wings quickly move up and down
can also be used to refer to the way eyelashes
quickly move up and down.
You flutter your eyelashes.
Sometimes a lady flutters their eyelashes to attract someone in order to persuade them to do something.
Please!
It doesn't always work though.
eyebrow
The line of hair that is above each eye.
It stops the sweat from coming down into the eyes.
Some people have two eyebrows...
some people have one eyebrow.
Example sentence
He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Look they went up. I raised my eyebrows.
Can you lift one eyebrow up?
pupil
The pupil is the small round black area at the center of the eye.
It varies in size to regulate the amount of light reaching the retina at the back of the eye.
Example sentence
Eyedrops are sometimes used to make your pupils dilate
so the doctor can have a better view of the back of your eye.
Dilate means to become larger, wider or more open.
Did you know that pupil can also mean a child at school?
The word pupil, meaning student, is becoming old-fashioned
which means it's not used as much nowadays
but sometimes you will see the word pupil instead of student.
iris
Iris is this round colored part
that surrounds pupil of your eye.
This iris is blue.
The iris is responsible for controlling the size of the pupil.
Example sentence
When you say someone has blue eyes, I have blue eyes,
this is a blue eye,
it is the iris that has that color.
What color are your eyes? Let me know below.
Retina
The layer at the back of the eye which is sensitive to light and that receives the
image you see and sends it to the brain.
Example sentence
The optics of the eye
create an image of the visual world on the retina.
Some extra vocabulary for you associated with the eye.
cornea
The transparent slightly bulging surface in front of the eye.
optic nerve
The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain.
The job of the optic nerve is to transfer visual information to the vision centers of the brain.
sclera
The white outer layer of the eye.
It is often known by the common name of
the white of the eye.
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