lens

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lens [lens lenses] BrE [lenz] NAmE [lenz] noun
1. 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
•a camera with an adjustable lens
•a lens cap/cover
see also ↑fisheye lens, ↑telephoto lens, ↑wide-angle lens, ↑zoom lens
2. (informal) = ↑contact lens
•Have you got your lenses in?
3. (anatomy)the transparent part of the eye, behind the ↑pupil, that focuses light so that you can see clearly

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from Latin, lentil (because of the similarity in shape).

Example Bank:
•Put your hand in front of your right lens and just look through your left lens.
•She wears glasses with very thick lenses.
•The photo was taken using a zoom lens.
•a long-lens shot of a rare bird
•a view of Mount Kilimanjaro as seen through Eddie's camera lens

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  electron lens, crystalline lens, lens of the eye, Lens, genus Lens, lense, lens system