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单词 prism
释义
prism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɪz.əm/us
/ˈprɪz.əm/
mathematicsspecialized
asolidshapewithflatsidesand twoendsthat are the sameshape:
Snowcrystalscome in arelativelysmallnumberofbasicshapes,includingprisms,columns,stars,cups,plates,bullets, andneedles.
physicsspecialized
atransparentglassorplasticobjectthatseparateswhitelightthatpassesthrough it into differentcolours:
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Newtonsplitwhitelightintoitsspectrumofcoloursbybeamingit through a prism.
Thisvisionconsists ofluminous,bright,flickeringcoloursof thespectrum, like a prismcatchinglight.
picture of prism
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something thataffectsthe way youthinkabout something :
Itfeaturesfourretiredpeoplewholookback ontheirlivesthrough the prismoftheirdancing.
Ideology isn't theidealprism toevaluatethe Obamapresidency.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geometrical shapes
  • -cornered
  • cone
  • congruent
  • congruently
  • conic
  • crescent
  • decagon
  • dimensional
  • dome
  • heptagon
  • Maltese cross
  • oblong
  • oval
  • pear-shaped
  • pyramid
  • right triangle
  • semicircular
  • simplex
  • tetrahedron
  • torus
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(Definition ofprismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
prism
noun[C]
physics
uk
/ˈprɪz.əm/us
/ˈprɪz.əm/
atransparentglassorplasticobjectthatseparateswhitelightthatpassesthrough it into differentcolours
棱镜

prism| American Dictionary

prism
noun[C]
us
/ˈprɪz·əm/
atransparentobject, oftenglass, thatseparateswhitelightinto differentcolors
(Definition ofprismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprism

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With continuing subduction the pelagic sediments might have been dragged beneath the accretionaryprismleading to compaction and expulsion of large amounts of pore fluids.
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The concreteprismof the boiler room chimney is reminiscent of a church tower.
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Five fractions of euhedral zircon prisms were analysed.
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However, consider the case of aprismthat optically displaces the image of a red disk.
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In this case, is the unbounded triangularprismperpendicular to the plane of the triangle.
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Seen under thisprism, the terrain vague can be thought of as an alternative public space.
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In particular, it is clear that the bottom of theprismis an inflow boundary while the top is an outflow boundary.
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She concludes, not surprisingly, that reflections on home, village and urban neighbourhoods are major prisms of belonging.
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Furthermore, the individual links are not limited to cylinders or prisms.
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Where indigenous voices are extant they are refracted through theprismof western knowledge and western science.
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Three fractions of small, euhedral zircon prisms were analysed.
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None of the zircons show zoning or core-overgrowth morphology, but rounding ofprismfaces is common and might have resulted from deformation during crystallization.
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When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like aprismand form a rainbow.
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The concept, ' prisms of belonging ', is meant to capture the ways in which history and memory are embodied and reconfigured in urban space.
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