| 单词 | double eyeglass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble eyeglass b. A pair of such lenses (sometimes more fully double eyeglass). Also (in later use more commonly): a single lens having the same purpose, a quizzing glass or monocle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 1760 G. Baretti Dict. Eng. & Ital. Lang. II Eye-glass..[spectacles, glass to assist the sight], occhiali. 1788 J. O'Keeffe Farmer i. ii. 9 Farm. Stub. But, Jemmy, here's Neighbour Blackberry. Jemmy. Eh! ha! (looking at Farmer B. through a flat Eye Glass.) 1795 Oracle & Public Advertiser 21 Oct. Charged with..robbing him of a gold watch..and a silver-mounted eye-glass. 1807 Director I. 233 He uses his eye-glass more than his prayer-book. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory (1878) I. ii. 29 The old man put a double gold eyeglass over his nose, and began to read. 1908 ‘F. Warden’ Dazzling Miss Davison 34 Lady Jennings..raised the gold-rimmed double-eyeglass which she wore dangling in front of her from a long thin gold chain. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 23 Dec. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 31 He ordered a lot of English clothes from a Savile Row tailor, also spats and an eyeglass. 1959 A. Buchan Spare Chancellor ii. 39 Hutton's beard did not curl nor his eyeglass flash as Bagehot's did. 2001 G. Jennings Aztec Blood (2002) 679 Don Silvestre still will not recognize you. He has to get very close even to see with his eyeglass. < as lemmas |
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