eye-contact

Definitions

eye + contact. Contact = con- (together) + tact (touch) = touching together. Eye-contact is when two people's gazes 'touch' — a visual form of contact.

Common Collocations

• 1.make eye-contact进行目光接触
• 2.avoid eye-contact回避目光接触
• 3.maintain eye-contact保持目光接触

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He avoided eye-contact whenever he felt nervous.

• 2.

  Good eye-contact makes a presentation more persuasive.