a piece of glass or other transparent substance with curved sides for concentrating or dispersing light rays, used singly (as in a magnifying glass) or with other lenses (as in a telescope) 透镜,镜片 ■the light-gathering device of a camera, typically containing a group of compound lenses (照相机)镜头 ■(Physics)an object or device which focuses or otherwise modifies the direction of movement of light, sound, electrons, etc (物理)(聚集光、声、电子等或改变其方向的)透镜 ■(Anatomy). short for crystalline lens (剖)。 crystalline lens 的简称 ■short for contact lens contact lens. 的简称
派生 lensed adjective lensless adjective 语源
late 17th cent.: from Latin, lentil (because of the similarity in shape)