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单词 twenty-twenty
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Definition of twenty-twenty in English:

twenty-twenty

(also 20/20)
adjective
  • Denoting vision of normal sharpness.

    someone with previously perfect 20-20 vision may first notice this change around the age of 45
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I guess my twenty-twenty eyesight went out with the lights.
    • It didn't take twenty-twenty vision to see the worry cross her features.
    • ‘I took you to the optometrist and she said that you had perfect twenty-twenty vision… I don't understand machines these days… ‘she mumbled to herself and walked back out.’
    • For example we could make sure they had something as simple as twenty-twenty vision, or something as complicated as great strength.
    • They slowly faded into the lenses, leaving only crystalline images, better than twenty-twenty vision.

Origin

Late 19th century: the Snellen fraction for normal visual acuity (see Snellen test).

Rhymes

al dente, aplenty, cognoscenti, divertimenti, lisente, plenty, portamenti, sente, twenty, venti
 
 

Definition of twenty-twenty in US English:

twenty-twenty

(also 20/20)
adjectiveˌtwen(t)ēˈtwen(t)ēˌtwɛn(t)iˈtwɛn(t)i
  • Denoting vision of normal sharpness.

    someone with previously perfect 20-20 vision may first notice this change around the age of 45
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I guess my twenty-twenty eyesight went out with the lights.
    • It didn't take twenty-twenty vision to see the worry cross her features.
    • They slowly faded into the lenses, leaving only crystalline images, better than twenty-twenty vision.
    • ‘I took you to the optometrist and she said that you had perfect twenty-twenty vision… I don't understand machines these days… ‘she mumbled to herself and walked back out.’
    • For example we could make sure they had something as simple as twenty-twenty vision, or something as complicated as great strength.

Origin

Late 19th century: the Snellen fraction for normal visual acuity (see Snellen test).

 
 
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