| 单词 | optic |
| 释义 | optic (once / 1307 pages) adjn If you describe something as optic, it has something to do with eyes or vision. Your optic nerve, for example, sends information to your brain from your eyes. You'll most often find the adjective optic in anatomy or biology textbooks, describing the parts of an eye, or disorders involving the eye. Your optic disc is a tiny blind spot that all humans have on their eyeballs, and optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve. When it's a noun, optic is an old-fashioned, jokey way to say "eyeball." Optic comes from the Greek optikos, "of or having to do with sight." WORD FAMILYoptic: optics+/optical: optically/optics: optical USAGE EXAMPLESOfficers in the bicycle unit are scheduled to get them by the end of May after police substations are wired with fiber optic cable. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The reason is that an appointment from Democratic ranks — particularly from the Senate — would be more than just good optics for the Republicans. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) A native of Steilacoom, McCarthy was 10 when doctors found a brain tumor resting on her optic nerve. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or resembling the eye the optic (or optical) axis of the eye Syn ocular, opthalmic, optical 2adj relating to or using sight Syn ocular, optical, visual 3n the organ of sight Syn|Hypo|Hyper eye, oculus naked eye the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects peeperan informal term referring to the eye OD, oculus dexterthe right eye OS, oculus sinisterthe left eye ocellus, simple eye, stemmaan eye having a single lens compound eyein insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image ommatidiumany of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
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