nosepiece
nosepiece — 名詞
1. the small curved part of a pair of glasses that sits across the top of your nose
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.
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]
A small soft pad on the nosepiece stops the metal frame from leaving red marks on Adisa's skin.
鼻樑架上的小塊軟墊讓金屬框不會在 Adisa 的皮膚上留下紅印。
pad on the nosepiece + protect from frame marks
Élise dropped her sunglasses on the beach and the plastic nosepiece snapped right in the middle.
Élise 在海邊把太陽眼鏡摔到地上，塑膠鼻樑架就從正中間斷成兩半。
- plastic nosepiece
- adjustable nosepiece
- the nosepiece of glasses
- snap the nosepiece
- 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
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.
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
The teacher told Kabir to clean the lenses on the nosepiece before he started looking at the pond water.
老師要 Kabir 先把物鏡轉換器上的鏡頭擦乾淨，再開始看池塘的水樣。
lenses on the nosepiece
A loose nosepiece knocks the lens out of focus, so Jisoo tightened the side screw on the microscope.
物鏡轉換器鬆掉會讓鏡頭失焦，所以 Jisoo 把顯微鏡側邊的螺絲鎖緊。
a loose nosepiece + knocks focus off
- rotate the nosepiece
- revolving nosepiece
- the nosepiece of a microscope
- loose nosepiece
- 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
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.
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
Without a nosepiece, the warrior's face was wide open to a sword strike from the front.
沒有護鼻片的話，戰士的臉在戰場上會完全暴露在正面的劍擊之下。
without a nosepiece + face exposed in battle
The blacksmith hammered the nosepiece flat before fitting it onto the front of the new helmet.
鐵匠把護鼻片敲平之後，再裝到新頭盔的前端。
fit the nosepiece onto a helmet
- iron nosepiece
- the nosepiece of a helmet
- long nosepiece
- 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.
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- nosepiece pad
- nosepiece screw
常用片語
- adjust the nosepiece
- rotate the nosepiece
- snap the nosepiece
介系詞搭配
- on the nosepiece
- the nosepiece of