| 单词 | reading glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreading glass reading glass n. (a) a large magnifying glass for use in reading; (b) (in plural) a pair of spectacles for use when reading. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass > types of reading glass1668 megaloscopec1775 hand lens1839 watch-maker's glass1875 waling glass1880 loupe1909 texture-counter1909 the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other types of spectacles half-moon glasses1607 half-moon spectacles1607 blinkers1732 temple-spectacles1762 reading glass1853 distance glasses1864 horn spectacles1893 bifocal1899 trifocal1899 horn-rims1927 harlequin spectacles1940 harlequin glasses1945 library frame1948 aviator1951 library glasses1959 library spectacles1962 multifocals1962 wire-rim1968 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 631 Having for divers years painfully search'd after the way of grinding Glasses not-spherical,..he lately..produced before the..Society certain Specimina of that invention, which were a Telescope, a Reading, and two Burning-Glasses. 1748 Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 ii. 632 Place the magnifier before the object... It would be both difficult and inconvenient to hold it like a reading glass in the hand. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xli. 405 The green lamp is lighted, his reading-glasses lie upon the desk. 1940 D. Powell Angels on Toast xxii. 256 Mrs. Vane tucked away her reading glass and book in her bag at sight of Truesdale. 1997 Independent 24 June (Suppl.) 9/4 Long-sightedness in middle age..is caused by the lens itself becoming weaker and can only be corrected by reading glasses. < as lemmas |
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