| 单词 | a pair of spectacles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pair of spectacles b. a pair of spectacles. †Also without of. 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 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for protecting the sight > [noun] > spectacles or eyeglasses spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 goggles1715 eyeglass1823 preserves1883 1423 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 75 De xxs receptis pro pare de spectakeles de argento et deaurato. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 15 A peyre spectaclys of syluir and ouyr gylt. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 147/1 And so should the scripture stand them in as good stede, as a paire of spectacles shold stand a blinde freer. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 No lesse to be laughed at, then for one that can see well inough, to vse a paire of spectacles. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 24 Dec. (1972) VII. 420 I this evening did buy me a pair of green spectacles, to see whether they will help my eyes or no. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 46 A pair of Spectacles (which I sometimes use for the weakness of mine Eyes). 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 198 On the other side is another cardinal with a large pair of spectacles on his nose. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 582 A pair of spectacles, with side as well as front glasses. a pair of spectacles c. plural. A batter's score of two zeros or ‘duck's eggs’ in a cricket match of two innings. Frequently in a pair of spectacles. Cf. pair n.1 2b †Also (rarely) in singular, a score of zero in one innings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > no score by batsman spectacles1835 egg1861 nought1862 pair1862 duck's egg1863 round O1863 duck1868 blob1889 balloon1906 1835 Bell's Life in London 13 Sept. 3/4 Good put a spectacle on him first ball. 1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 21) 27 The ominous ‘spectacles’ have been worn by the best sighted men. 1892 in W. A. Bettesworth Chats Cricket Field (1910) 455. 1893 Whitaker's Almanack 613 Unlucky enough to make spectacles for his side against Middlesex. 1898 Globe 1 Sept. 5/5 Yesterday in a match..he made a pair of spectacles. 1907 E. V. Lucas Hambledon Men 230 It is believed he never made two noughts, or ‘a pair of spectacles’, in any match of note! 1979 Wisden Cricket Monthly Dec. 21/3 Who got a ‘pair of spectacles’ for Yorkshire on his first appearance? < as lemmas |
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