nose glasses

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别名

noseglasses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.

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    1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105, Old Waller, elbowing his way through the crowd, planted himself right before his shop, putting on his nose-glasses, and measuring the amount of the damage;

    1885, Vanity Fair, Volume 33, p. 140, “Diary of Rasper, M.P.,” Speaker, nervously twiddling nose-glasses, instinctively stretches out hand for new Procedure Rules, like Old Bailey Judge fumbling for black cap.

  2. 2.

    A pair of eyeglasses (or eyeglass frames) to which is attached a hollow false nose, worn as a humorous disguise.

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