lens

noun

/lenz/

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a curved piece of glass or plastic that makes things look larger, smaller or clearer when you look through it
- a pair of glasses with tinted lenses
Extra Examples
- Put your hand in front of your right lens and just look through your left lens.
- She wears glasses with very thick lenses.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- strong
- thick
- coloured/colored
- …
lens + noun
- cap
- cover
preposition
- through a/the lens
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a piece of equipment that is part of a camera, containing one or more lenses
- a camera with an adjustable lens
- a view of Mount Kilimanjaro as seen through Eddie's camera lens
- a lens cap/cover
- a long-lens shot of a rare bird
see also fisheye, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, zoom lens
(informal) a contact lens (= a small round piece of thin plastic that you put on your eye to help you see better)
- Have you got your lenses in?
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(anatomy) the clear part of the eye, behind the pupil, that focuses light so that you can see clearlyTopics Bodyc1

Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘lentil’ (because of the similarity in shape).

单词	lens
释义	lens noun /lenz/ /lenz/ jump to other results enlarge image enlarge image a curved piece of glass or plastic that makes things look larger, smaller or clearer when you look through it a pair of glasses with tinted lenses Extra Examples Put your hand in front of your right lens and just look through your left lens. She wears glasses with very thick lenses. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective strong thick coloured/colored … lens + noun cap cover preposition through a/the lens See full entry a piece of equipment that is part of a camera, containing one or more lenses a camera with an adjustable lens a view of Mount Kilimanjaro as seen through Eddie's camera lens a lens cap/cover a long-lens shot of a rare bird see also fisheye, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, zoom lens (informal) a contact lens (= a small round piece of thin plastic that you put on your eye to help you see better) Have you got your lenses in? enlarge image (anatomy) the clear part of the eye, behind the pupil, that focuses light so that you can see clearlyTopics Bodyc1 Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘lentil’ (because of the similarity in shape).
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