Each of a pair of lenses for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, together with a frame or mounting which enables them to be kept in place…
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > eye-glass or monocle (10) eyeglass1593 Each of a pair of lenses for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, together with a frame or mounting which enables them to be kept in place… glass eye1721 An eye-glass; usually plural, spectacles, ‘glasses’. Obsolete. quizzing glass1800 A single eyeglass, with or without an attached handle; a monocle. Cf. quizzer, n.1 quizzer1806 = quizzing glass, n. Now historical. ogling-glass1843 a monocle. monocle1873 An eyeglass for one eye, worn gripped between the cheek and brow bone, often with a metal frame and with a ribbon attached; a single eyeglass. monoculus1892 An eyeglass for one eye; a monocle. Obsolete. rare. window1896 colloquial or slang. Something which resembles a windowpane. In plural. Spectacles. Also (as a count noun): a monocle; = windowpane, n. 3. Now rare. Piccadilly window1897 British colloquial (disused). Piccadilly window n. a monocle. windowpane1923 slang. A monocle. Cf. window, n. 10c. rare. |
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