monoclen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnəkl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnək(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monocle.

Etymology: < French monocle (1596 in Middle French in sense ‘one-eyed person’; early 13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation as monougle (adjective) one-eyed, 1671 in sense 2, 1769 in sense 1) < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n.). Compare monocule n.With sense 2 compare German Monokel (19th cent.), and also earlier binocle n.

†1. Zoology. = monocule n. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > genus Monoculus > member of

monocule1771

monocle1772

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 231 I have discovered several different species of these animals in the waters of Fridericksdal, one only of which is known to the naturalists... Linnæus and Geoffroi call it the Monocle.

1890 Cent. Dict. Monocle, a monoculous or one-eyed animal; a monocule.

2. 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.The monocle was particularly popular in Britain and Germany in the late 19th cent. It was prescribed chiefly as a reading aid for the long-sighted, but was never favoured by opticians, and came to be worn as a fashion accessory, often connoting membership of the upper class.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > eye-glass or monocle

eyeglass1593

glass eye1721

quizzing glass1800

quizzer1806

ogling-glass1843

monocle1873

monoculus1892

window1896

Piccadilly window1897

windowpane1923

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Monocle (French), a reading-glass for one eye.]

1873 Galaxy Mar. 351 They [sc. the French] have recourse to the monocle or eye-glasses, to scan..the choice bit of literature which the waiter has left with them.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 46 ‘He has..a glass in his eye.’ ‘A binocle or a monocle?’

1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw (1890) xiv. 247 A great monocle which the old gentleman used for the critical examination of his work lay near at hand.

1928 S. Duke-Elder Pract. Refraction xxiii. 259 A monocle, the most difficult ornament to wear, is of little ophthalmological value, unless in cases of uniocular vision or to hide a deformity of one eye.

1987 A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter v. 62 One often saw him with Eddie Gathorne-Hardy, whose monocle gleamed searchingly over manifold occasions.

3. Photography. A simple, uncorrected lens, used to achieve soft focus, or (as a supplementary lens) to change focal length or add colour. Now chiefly historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lens > types of

portrait lens1852

short-focus lens1862

periscope1865

rectilinear1867

pantoscope1868

wide-angle1868

long lens1876

apochromatic1887

anastigmat1890

concentric lens1890

euryscope1890

landscape lens1890

rectigraph1890

symmetrical1890

concentric1893

telelens1893

telephoto1894

monocle1897

stigmat1901

stigmatic1902

Long Tom1910

zoom lens1932

Panavision1955

teleconverter1959

macro lens1961

zoom1969

macro1971

1897 E. J. Wall Dict. Photogr. (ed. 7) 421 Monocle, under this term have been introduced uncorrected spectacle lenses, which have been strongly recommended for portraiture and ordinary landscape work where softness of definition is desired.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monocle, an uncorrected simple lens, similar to a spectacle lens, for soft focus work.

1970 Focal Encycl. Photogr. 968/2 Monocle, simple spectacle lens, completely uncorrected, sometimes used for pictorial or portrait photography where the soft definition of the image is not undesirable.

1993 J. Merrill Different Person vii. 79 My father's presence, like one of the tinted monocles I'd acquired for my camera, bathed whatever subject I focused upon in invalid yellow or a kind of harmless Oedipal crimson.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	monocle
释义	monoclen. Brit. /ˈmɒnəkl/, U.S. /ˈmɑnək(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monocle. Etymology: < French monocle (1596 in Middle French in sense ‘one-eyed person’; early 13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation as monougle (adjective) one-eyed, 1671 in sense 2, 1769 in sense 1) < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n.). Compare monocule n.With sense 2 compare German Monokel (19th cent.), and also earlier binocle n. †1. Zoology. = monocule n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > genus Monoculus > member of monocule1771 monocle1772 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 231 I have discovered several different species of these animals in the waters of Fridericksdal, one only of which is known to the naturalists... Linnæus and Geoffroi call it the Monocle. 1890 Cent. Dict. Monocle, a monoculous or one-eyed animal; a monocule. 2. 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.The monocle was particularly popular in Britain and Germany in the late 19th cent. It was prescribed chiefly as a reading aid for the long-sighted, but was never favoured by opticians, and came to be worn as a fashion accessory, often connoting membership of the upper class. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > eye-glass or monocle eyeglass1593 glass eye1721 quizzing glass1800 quizzer1806 ogling-glass1843 monocle1873 monoculus1892 window1896 Piccadilly window1897 windowpane1923 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Monocle (French), a reading-glass for one eye.] 1873 Galaxy Mar. 351 They [sc. the French] have recourse to the monocle or eye-glasses, to scan..the choice bit of literature which the waiter has left with them. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 46 ‘He has..a glass in his eye.’ ‘A binocle or a monocle?’ 1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw (1890) xiv. 247 A great monocle which the old gentleman used for the critical examination of his work lay near at hand. 1928 S. Duke-Elder Pract. Refraction xxiii. 259 A monocle, the most difficult ornament to wear, is of little ophthalmological value, unless in cases of uniocular vision or to hide a deformity of one eye. 1987 A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter v. 62 One often saw him with Eddie Gathorne-Hardy, whose monocle gleamed searchingly over manifold occasions. 3. Photography. A simple, uncorrected lens, used to achieve soft focus, or (as a supplementary lens) to change focal length or add colour. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lens > types of portrait lens1852 short-focus lens1862 periscope1865 rectilinear1867 pantoscope1868 wide-angle1868 long lens1876 apochromatic1887 anastigmat1890 concentric lens1890 euryscope1890 landscape lens1890 rectigraph1890 symmetrical1890 concentric1893 telelens1893 telephoto1894 monocle1897 stigmat1901 stigmatic1902 Long Tom1910 zoom lens1932 Panavision1955 teleconverter1959 macro lens1961 zoom1969 macro1971 1897 E. J. Wall Dict. Photogr. (ed. 7) 421 Monocle, under this term have been introduced uncorrected spectacle lenses, which have been strongly recommended for portraiture and ordinary landscape work where softness of definition is desired. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monocle, an uncorrected simple lens, similar to a spectacle lens, for soft focus work. 1970 Focal Encycl. Photogr. 968/2 Monocle, simple spectacle lens, completely uncorrected, sometimes used for pictorial or portrait photography where the soft definition of the image is not undesirable. 1993 J. Merrill Different Person vii. 79 My father's presence, like one of the tinted monocles I'd acquired for my camera, bathed whatever subject I focused upon in invalid yellow or a kind of harmless Oedipal crimson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). monoclev. Brit. /ˈmɒnəkl/, U.S. /ˈmɑnək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: monocle n. Etymology: < monocle n. Compare earlier monocled adj. rare. 1. transitive. To look at through a monocle. ΚΠ 1904 R. Hughes Real N.Y. 52 ‘Is this New York society?’ asked Calverly, monocling the crowd. 2. transitive. To provide with a monocle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > provide with aid to defective vision [verb (transitive)] > provide with monocle monocle1922 1922 M. B. Houston Witch Man xii. 154 Major Coberton monocled his eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772v.1904
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