| 单词 | bridge spectacles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridge spectacles bridge spectacles n. originally and chiefly U.S. a pair of spectacles that are kept in place by a spring or clip on the bridge of the nose, instead of arms with earpieces; = pince-nez n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > pince-nez bridge spectacles1830 pince-nez1866 nippers1876 nose glasses1890 nose-nippers1895 nose pinch1896 1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 180 The only spectacles she ever saw were called ‘bridge spectacles’, without any side supporters, and held on the nose solely by nipping the bridge of the nose. 1906 J. Schouler Americans of 1776 viii. 92 Temple and bridge spectacles (the latter mounted on the nose without side supporters) were on sale for need, though clumsy for ornament. 2007 V. Ilardi Renaissance Vision from Spectacles to Telescopes 331/2 One of the antiquarians reads with a pair of round bridge spectacles. < as lemmas |
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