"out of the corner of your eye" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 用眼角

Definition

如果你用眼角看到某物，就是沒有正眼看，只是用餘光注意到了它。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式的用語，只描述用餘光看到的東西，不適用其他感官。常用來形容無意中或不想讓人發現時看到的事情，例如「我用眼角看到他」。

Examples

I saw him out of the corner of my eye.

我**用眼角**看到他了。

The cat moved out of the corner of her eye.

她**用眼角**看到貓在移動。

You can sometimes read signs out of the corner of your eye while walking.

走路時有時能**用眼角**讀標誌。

She noticed someone watching her out of the corner of her eye.

她**用眼角**發現有人在看她。

Did you just see something move out of the corner of your eye?

你**用眼角**剛剛看到有東西動了嗎？

Even though I was reading, I could tell when the kids ran by out of the corner of my eye.

雖然我在看書，但小孩跑過時我還是**用眼角**察覺到了。