nosepiece

/ˈnōz-ˌpēs/ (ame, mw)

nosepiece — 名詞

1. the small curved part of a pair of glasses that sits across the top of your nose

1.名詞C1
釋義

鼻樑架

眼鏡架在鼻樑上的中央部分

the small curved part of a pair of glasses that sits across the top of your nose and holds the two lenses together.

例句

Christopher's new reading glasses kept slipping because the nosepiece was a bit too wide.

Christopher 新的老花眼鏡一直往下滑，因為鼻樑架做得有點太寬。

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.

驗光師把 Yasmin 眼鏡上的鼻樑架調整了一下，讓眼鏡能更貼近她的臉。

adjust the nosepiece on [someone's glasses]

同義詞
  • 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

❌The nosepiece of my mask kept fogging up.
✅The nose bridge of my mask kept fogging up.
💡for face masks the bridge wire is called the 'nose bridge' or 'nose wire', not the nosepiece.

2. the round part near the bottom of a microscope that holds two or more lenses and

2.名詞C1
釋義

物鏡轉換器

顯微鏡上裝有多顆物鏡的旋轉座

the round part near the bottom of a microscope that holds two or more lenses and can be turned to swap between them.

例句

Lien rotated the nosepiece of the microscope to switch from the low-power lens to the high-power one.

Lien 轉動顯微鏡的物鏡轉換器，把低倍鏡頭換成高倍鏡頭。

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.

自然科教室裡的每台顯微鏡都有一個物鏡轉換器，上面裝有四顆鏡頭，轉動時會卡進定位。

the nosepiece + click into place for lens selection

同義詞

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

❌I changed the nosepiece to see the cells more clearly.
✅I changed the objective lens to see the cells more clearly.
💡you rotate the nosepiece, but the part you swap between is the objective lens that sits on it.

3. a flat strip of metal that hung down from the front of an old helmet to protect

3.名詞C2
釋義

護鼻片

古代頭盔前方保護鼻子的金屬條

a flat strip of metal that hung down from the front of an old helmet to protect a soldier's nose during battle.

例句

The Viking helmet on display at the museum still has its iron nosepiece bent slightly to one side.

博物館展示的維京頭盔上，那條鐵製護鼻片到現在仍稍微歪向一邊。

iron nosepiece on a helmet

Quinn pointed at the painting of the knight, asking why his helmet had a long nosepiece down the middle.

Quinn 指著那幅騎士畫像，問為什麼他的頭盔正中間有一條長長的護鼻片。

a long nosepiece down the middle of a helmet

同義詞
  • 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.