ommatidium
ommatidium — 名詞
1. a tiny sight unit that forms part of an insect's compound eye.
1.名詞C2
釋義
小眼
複眼裡的單一視覺單位
a tiny sight unit that forms part of an insect's compound eye.
例句
In the lab, Lea counted each ommatidium in the fly's damaged eye.
在實驗室裡，Lea 數著蒼蠅受損複眼中的每一個小眼。
countable noun: each ommatidium
Baraka shaded one ommatidium darker on the bee diagram for emphasis.
Baraka 為了強調，在蜜蜂圖上把其中一個小眼塗得更深。
one ommatidium on a bee diagram
The slide showed how every ommatidium points in a slightly different direction.
投影片顯示，每個小眼都朝向略微不同的方向。
Aarav explained that each ommatidium gathers light from a narrow angle.
Aarav 解釋說，每個小眼都會從狹窄的角度收集光線。
function: gather light from a narrow angle
常見搭配
- each ommatidium
- compound-eye ommatidium
- count the ommatidia
- light entering an ommatidium
文法句型
an ommatidium
each ommatidium
many ommatidia
用法筆記
Mostly used in biology. The plural is usually ommatidia, and the word names one unit inside a compound eye rather than the whole eye.
常見錯誤
The fly cleaned its ommatidium.
The fly cleaned its compound eye.
ommatidium means one small unit, not the whole eye.
The bee has thousands of ommatidium.
The bee has thousands of ommatidia.
the usual plural in scientific English is ommatidia.
同根字
- ommatidial形容詞C2