| 单词 | prism |
| 释义 | prism (prɪzəm ) Word forms: prisms 1. countable noun A prism is a block of clear glass or plastic which separates the light passing through it into different colours. 2. countable noun [usually singular, NOUN of noun] If you see something through a prism of something such as time or memory, your idea of it is affected by that thing. [literary] Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man. Collocations: glass prism These act like a glass prism, bending the sunlight into a spectrum of colours, ending with green followed by blue light. Times, Sunday Times Calm, warm air sitting on top of cold air can bend light from over the horizon like a glass prism, creating amazing sights. Times, Sunday Times But if layers of warm air sit over cold air a sharp difference in temperature can bend light like a glass prism and create some fantastic mirages. Times, Sunday Times The light from stars was split by a glass prism, and their colours analysed using an instrument called a spectroscope. Times, Sunday Times Faint light dropped from a glass prism overhead. Times, Sunday Times |
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