单词 | contact lens |
释义 | > as lemmascontact lens contact lens n. (or contact lenses) small glass or plastic lens(es) placed inside the eyelids in contact with the globe of the eye to correct faulty vision. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > contact lenses contact lens1888 lens1888 contact glasses1906 contact1961 1888 C. H. May tr. A. E. Fick in Arch. Ophthalmol. 17 216 A small glass shell..which I call ‘a contact-lens’. 1888 C. H. May tr. A. E. Fick in Arch. Ophthalmol. 17 217 The ‘contact-lens’ consists of a thin glass shell, bounded by concentric and parallel spherical segments. 1942 Lancet 30 June 744/2 Plastic contact lenses are less well tolerated than glass. 1944 Times 14 Feb. 4/6 Squadron Leader Geoffrey B. Warne, D.S.O., D.F.C., a Typhoon fighter leader who wears contact lens spectacles, shot down an enemy aircraft. < as lemmas |
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