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    Horn-rimmed describes glasses whose frames are thick and dark, made to look like animal horn or tortoiseshell. Today the frames are almost always plastic; they only copy the old look. A hundred years ago some frames really were cut from horn or shell. The style became a kind of “clever person” or “serious office” look in films, though actually all kinds of people wear them now, and fashion keeps bringing the thick frame back. You use it before a noun: horn-rimmed glasses, a horn-rimmed pair. You would not usually say a person is horn-rimmed — the glasses are.

    玳瑁框的、牛角框的(眼鏡)

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組成horn + rimmed. Horn is the hard material on an animal’s head; rimmed means given a rim, here the frame of the glasses. The frames look like horn (today, plastic made to look that way).

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  • hornthe hard material on an animal’s head, which these frames are made to look like
  • rimthe edge or frame around something, here the frame of the glasses

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horn-rimmedadj

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    Of eyeglasses, having the frames made from horn or tortoiseshell or a material that resembles it, and characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to metal frames, which appear less pronounced.

    • A little bald-headed man with huge horn-rimmed spectacles, and a very handsome and athletic youth in a blue lounge-suit completed the group.

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