英语词汇“speculum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

speculum

/ˈspɛkjʊləm

noun (plural specula /ˈspɛkjʊlə/)

1 Medicine A metal instrument that is used to dilate an orifice or canal in the body to allow inspection.An instrument called a speculum, the same as used for a smear test, is sometimes used....

Your eyelids will be opened up using a small instrument called a speculum.
With the headlight and speculum the external auditory canal is inspected and cleared of any obstructing wax or debris.

2 Ornithology A bright patch of plumage on the wings of certain birds, especially a strip of metallic sheen on the secondary flight feathers of many ducks.The latter is important because dabbling ducks have a coloured area in the wing called the speculum....

Both sexes have orange feet and a blue speculum, or wing-patch, bordered in white on two sides, best seen in flight.
Both sexes have a black and white wing-patch, or speculum, that is distinctive in flight.

3A mirror or reflector of glass or metal, especially (formerly) a metallic mirror in a reflecting telescope.This work of light allows us to see the shapes of the world reflected on the optical speculum....

A headlamp or head mirror and a nasal speculum should be used for optimal visualization.
If light ‘sees,’ then the speculum which reflects this seeing light can analogically participate in the solar vision that it reflects; it can derive from it its own vision.

3.1 short for speculum metal.He made his mirrors from speculum metal - four parts copper to one part tin - but had to construct a forge to melt the speculum and cast the disc from which the mirror could be ground.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'mirror', from specere 'to look'.

单词	speculum
释义	speculum /ˈspɛkjʊləm / noun (plural specula /ˈspɛkjʊlə/) 1 Medicine A metal instrument that is used to dilate an orifice or canal in the body to allow inspection.An instrument called a speculum, the same as used for a smear test, is sometimes used.... Your eyelids will be opened up using a small instrument called a speculum. With the headlight and speculum the external auditory canal is inspected and cleared of any obstructing wax or debris. 2 Ornithology A bright patch of plumage on the wings of certain birds, especially a strip of metallic sheen on the secondary flight feathers of many ducks.The latter is important because dabbling ducks have a coloured area in the wing called the speculum.... Both sexes have orange feet and a blue speculum, or wing-patch, bordered in white on two sides, best seen in flight. Both sexes have a black and white wing-patch, or speculum, that is distinctive in flight. 3A mirror or reflector of glass or metal, especially (formerly) a metallic mirror in a reflecting telescope.This work of light allows us to see the shapes of the world reflected on the optical speculum.... A headlamp or head mirror and a nasal speculum should be used for optimal visualization. If light ‘sees,’ then the speculum which reflects this seeing light can analogically participate in the solar vision that it reflects; it can derive from it its own vision. 3.1 short for speculum metal.He made his mirrors from speculum metal - four parts copper to one part tin - but had to construct a forge to melt the speculum and cast the disc from which the mirror could be ground. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'mirror', from specere 'to look'.
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