单词 | eye-rim |
释义 | > as lemmaseye-rim eye-rim n. a rim fitted around a monocle lens or spectacle lens; cf. eye frame n.; (also) †a monocle (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1835 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 23 Oct. Double and single eye rims with pure Brazilian Pebbles. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 820/2 Eye-rim, a circular single eye-glass, adapted to be held to its place by the contraction of the orbital muscles. 2002 D. C. Davidson & R. J. S. MacGregor Spectacles, Lorgnettes, & Monocles (ed. 2) 16 (caption) The first form of bifocals comprised two semicircular lenses mounted in each eye-rim with the division horizontal as described by Benjamin Franklin in a letter dated 1784. < as lemmas |
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