monocle

GRE

英 ['mɒnək(ə)l] 美['mɑnəkl]

释义

n. 单片眼镜；单眼绷带

词态变化

复数: monocles;

中文词源

monocle 单片眼睛

mono-,单个的，-oc,眼睛，词源同eye,ocular,binocular.

英文词源

monocle (n.): "single eyeglass," 1886, from French monocle, noun use of adjective monocle "one-eyed, blind in one eye" (13c.), from Late Latin monoculus "one-eyed," from Greek monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + Latin oculus "eye" (see eye (n.)).
That this, a hybrid, a Gallicism, and a word with no obvious meaning to the Englishman who hears it for the first time, should have ousted the entirely satisfactory eyeglass is a melancholy illustration of the popular taste in language. [Fowler]

双语例句

1. The old lady could not read clearly without her monocle.: 这位婆婆若不戴上她的单片眼镜，便无法阅读。

2. A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in mind's eye.: 好挖苦人的人,是在心目中戴上单片眼镜儿看世事的人.

英英释意

1. lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

实用场景例句

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in mind's eye.: 好挖苦人的人,是在心目中戴上单片眼镜儿看世事的人.

The old lady could not read clearly without her monocle.: 这位婆婆若不戴上她的单片眼镜，便无法阅读。