oculus

[医] 眼

发音

UK /ˈɒk.jʊ.ləs/
US /ˈɑk.jə.ləs/

词形变化

oculi 复数 oculi

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).

    The central boss of a volute.

    建筑
  2. 2.

    A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).

    An opening at the apex of a dome.

    建筑

    One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

eye optic

上位词 3

receptor sense organ sensory receptor

下位词 7

od os peeper compound eye naked eye ocellus stemma

部分词 10

iris lid lens orb eyeball retina eyelid cornea aperture canthus

整体词 1

face

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio.

来源：wiktionary