nosepiece
/ˈnōz-ˌpēs/ (ame, mw)
nosepiece — noun
1. the small curved part of a pair of glasses that sits across the top of your nose
the small curved part of a pair of glasses that sits across the top of your nose and holds the two lenses together.
Christopher's new reading glasses kept slipping because the nosepiece was a bit too wide.
the nosepiece of [glasses] + slipping for a poor fit
The optician adjusted the nosepiece on Yasmin's glasses so they would sit higher on her face.
adjust the nosepiece on [someone's glasses]
A small soft pad on the nosepiece stops the metal frame from leaving red marks on Adisa's skin.
Élise dropped her sunglasses on the beach and the plastic nosepiece snapped right in the middle.
- bridge
the more common everyday word for the same part of a pair of glasses
- nose bridge
two-word form often used by opticians and product listings
文法句型
the nosepiece of [glasses/spectacles]
用法筆記
Subject is normally the metal or plastic bridge of eyewear; do not use for the soft silicone nose pads themselves — those are usually called 'nose pads'.
常見錯誤
2. the round part near the bottom of a microscope that holds two or more lenses and
the round part near the bottom of a microscope that holds two or more lenses and can be turned to swap between them.
Lien rotated the nosepiece of the microscope to switch from the low-power lens to the high-power one.
rotate the nosepiece + switch lenses
Each microscope in the science lab has a nosepiece with four lenses that click into place as you turn it.
the nosepiece + click into place for lens selection
The teacher told Kabir to clean the lenses on the nosepiece before he started looking at the pond water.
A loose nosepiece knocks the lens out of focus, so Jisoo tightened the side screw on the microscope.
- revolving nosepiece
fuller technical term used in lab manuals
- turret
informal lab name; emphasises the rotating action
文法句型
the nosepiece of [a microscope]
rotate the nosepiece
用法筆記
Often called a 'revolving nosepiece' or 'turret' in textbooks because it spins between lenses; refers to the holder, not the lenses themselves (which are 'objectives').
常見錯誤
3. a flat strip of metal that hung down from the front of an old helmet to protect
a flat strip of metal that hung down from the front of an old helmet to protect a soldier's nose during battle.
The Viking helmet on display at the museum still has its iron nosepiece bent slightly to one side.
iron nosepiece on a helmet
Quinn pointed at the painting of the knight, asking why his helmet had a long nosepiece down the middle.
a long nosepiece down the middle of a helmet
Without a nosepiece, the warrior's face was wide open to a sword strike from the front.
The blacksmith hammered the nosepiece flat before fitting it onto the front of the new helmet.
- nasal
older technical term used by historians of armour for the same metal strip
文法句型
a nosepiece of [a helmet]
用法筆記
Sense almost only appears in writing about medieval or Viking-era armour; modern military helmets do not use this term.