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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.
牛眼窗;圓形天窗(建築用語)
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,原文照列,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/
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architectureA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
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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.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。