syringe
タトゥーに関する記事です。タトゥーは体のいろいろなところに掘られていると思いますが，今回の記事は「目」に入れたものを対象にしています。カラーコンタクトではなく直接目に色を付けるようです。
記事の中で気になった単語は"syringe"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）では「射器，注射する，を洗浄する」などがあります。「注射する」なら"inject""give an injection"もあるので違いが気になりました。ODを見ると
"syringe"
"A tube with a nozzle and piston or bulb for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thin stream, used for cleaning wounds or body cavities, or fitted with a hollow needle for injecting or withdrawing fluids"
"inject"
"Introduce (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into the body with a syringe"
とあります。"syringe"は，傷口等の洗浄の場合で使われるようです。他にも"garden-syringe"で園芸などで植物に栄養を与えるために地面に挿すものを示すようです。（Ume）
Why would anyone want an eyeball tattoo?
Arguing for the prosecution, Anchorage Police Department Chief Mark Mew urged the judge to take a look at Barnum's face which, he said, showed the convicted criminal had "decided a long time ago that his life was about being hostile to people".
But, in tattooing his eyeball, was Barnum really expressing hostility to the rest of society? And if our eyes really are the window to our soul what else might a tattooed eyeball say about its owner?
The man who first experimented with injecting ink into an eyeball is a US tattoo artist who goes by the name of Luna Cobra. Far from wanting to look evil, the original goal was to look like the blue-eyed characters from the cult science fiction film, Dune.
"There used to be a private body modification convention that happened every few years in Canada," Luna Cobra says.
"That year, an old friend had Photoshopped a picture of his eyes to look blue like in Dune. I told him, 'I think I can do that for real.'"
The next day, Luna Cobra took a syringe and practised on three brave volunteers.
