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单词 ocular
释义 oc·u·lar
I. \ˈäkyələ(r)\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin ocularis of the eyes, from Latin oculus eye + -aris -ar
1.
 a. : done or carried out by means of the sight
  < ocular measurement >
  < ocular inspection >
  < the density of the vegetation as determined by ocular estimate — Ecology >
 b.
  (1) : addressed to or perceived by the eye : received by actual sight : visible
   < be sure of it; give me the ocular proof — Shakespeare >
   < ocular evidence for my belief that those books were written and were published — Max Beerbohm >
  (2) : based on what has been seen
   < ocular testimony >
 c. : of or relating to the sense of sight : visual
  < of wondrous ocular excitement to any art-minded provincial youth — Janet Flanner >
  < this correction of ocular illusions was a practice of Greek architects — Benjamin Farrington >
2.
 a. : of, relating to, or connected with the eye
  < ocular diseases >
  < ocular muscles >
 b. : used by or expressed by the eye
  < the ocular dialect needs no dictionary — R.W.Emerson >
  < ocular approval >
 c. : resembling or suggesting an eye in form or function
  < spindly balusters, ocular windows — Frederic Beck >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : eye
 < stick an eyeglass in his ocular — W.S.Gilbert >
2. : eyepiece 1
 < the perfect ocular exists only in the astronomer's wistful imagination — Times Literary Supplement >
3. : an ocular scale or shield (as in certain reptiles)
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