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    Optic is a formal, scientific word. It means 'about the eyes' or 'about sight.' You will almost never hear it in a shop; you will see it in hospitals and textbooks. The optic nerve is the line that carries messages from the eye to the brain. If that nerve is hurt, a person may not see well even when the front of the eye looks fine. Everyday English prefers eye: eye doctor, eye test, eye strain. Optic stays for the technical bits. It is close to optical, but not quite the same: optic to the eye itself, while optical often talks about light, lenses, and machines.

    眼睛的、視覺的(書面;口語多直接說 eye)。常見於「視神經」optic nerve。

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組成Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek optikos, 'of or for sight,' from optos, 'visible,' plus -ikos, the ending that makes an adjective (English -ic).

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  • opticalsame Greek 'sight' root, with -al
  • opticsthe science of light and seeing; optic + -ics
  • opticallythe adverb from optical
  • opticiana person who makes or sells glasses; same sight root

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opticadj/ˈɒp.tɪk/

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    Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

    • The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
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    engineeringnatural-sciencesopticsOf, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

opticnoun/ˈɒp.tɪk/

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    archaicAn eye.

    • The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
    • how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know[…]
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    engineeringnatural-sciencesopticsA lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.

    • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
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    A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

    • They were neatly lined up on three shelves between the optics of martini, vodka, whisky and gin.
    • They pulled up two bar stools and looked around the room as the barman relieved the whisky optic of its contents.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。