- 1牛眼窗；圓形天窗（建築用語）
An oculus is a round window or round opening, especially the round hole at the top of a dome, like the famous one in the Pantheon in Rome that lets in a circle of sunlight. It's mostly a word used by architects and art historians, not everyday speech.
From the word’s history
From Latin oculus 'eye'.
借自拉丁文 oculus「眼睛」：像眼睛的圓窗或圓頂開口。
組成Latin for 'eye' — the round opening looks like an eye.
同家族的字
- binocularsshares the Latin 'ocul' (eye) root — bi- (two) + ocul (eye), for looking with two eyes
- monocleshares the same 'ocul/ocle' (eye) root — mono- (one) + a lens for one eye
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oculusnoun/ˈɒk.jʊ.ləs/
- 1
architectureA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
- 2
architectureA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
- One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。