1 a curved piece of glass that makes things look bigger, clearer, etc when you look through it 透镜;镜片
Some people wear contact lenses to help them see better. You may use a zoom or telephoto lens on your camera. 视力有问题可戴隐形眼镜(contact lens)。在照相机里可安上可变焦距镜头(zoom lens)或远摄镜头(telephoto lens)。
2 =CONTACT LENS
3 the transparent part of the eye, behind the round hole in the middle of the eye(pupil), that changes shape in order to direct light so that you can see clearly (瞳孔后面的)晶状体
☞picture at eye 见eye插图
lens/lɛnz; lenz/n [C] 1 a piece of glass or plastic that makes things look different, for example in a camera or pair of glasses 透镜﹔〔照相机的〕镜头﹔〔眼镜的〕镜片2 the part inside your eye that bends the light to produce an image〔眼球的〕晶状体CONTACT LENS
lenslenslensesnoun (plurallenses)a special piece of glass in things like cameras or glasses. It makes things look bigger, smaller or clearer when you look through it.