refract

vt. 使折射, 测定...的屈光度 [医] 使折射

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refracted refracting refracts 三单 refracts refracting 现在分词 refracted 过去式 refracted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).

    及物 物理
  2. 2.

    To mediate; to alter; to distort.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

    及物 工程 物理
  4. 4.

    To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).

    及物 医学

    A prism can refract light.

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上位词 5

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词源

From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the past participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”).

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