Cataract
['kætərækt]
解释:
(noun.) a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice.
(noun.) an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye.
塞德里克录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
(n.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.
(n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
校对:克劳斯
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Waterfall, fall, cascade.[2]. (Med.) Obstructed sight, loss of sight (from opacity of the crystalline lens).
埃米莉录入
解释:
n. a great fall of water water-spout &c.: a waterfall or cascade: an opaque condition of the lens of the eye painless unaccompanied by inflammation occasioning blindness simply by obstructing the passage of the light.
手打:莎伦