Focus
['fəʊkəs] or ['fokəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; 'in focus'; 'out of focus'.
(noun.) maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; 'the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion'.
(noun.) the concentration of attention or energy on something; 'the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology'; 'he had no direction in his life'.
(noun.) a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section.
(noun.) a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges.
(noun.) a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; 'the focus of infection'.
(verb.) put (an image) into focus; 'Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie'.
(verb.) become focussed or come into focus; 'The light focused'.
(verb.) cause to converge on or toward a central point; 'Focus the light on this image'.
亨利錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
(n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
(n.) A central point; a point of concentration.
(v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.
卡洛斯錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Central point, point of concentration, point of convergence.
整理:罗德尼
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Centre, standpoint, rendezvous, convergence, nucleus
ANT:Circle, dispersion, dissipation, divergence, Foe,[See FRIEND]
杰西卡校對
解釋/意思:
n. (opt.) a point in which several rays meet and are collected after being reflected or refracted while a virtual focus is a point from which rays tend after reflection or refraction—the principal focus is the focus of parallel rays after reflection or refraction: any central point:—pl. Fō′cuses Foci (fō′sī).—v.t. to bring to a focus: to concentrate:—pa.p. fō′cussed.—adj. Fō′cal of or belonging to a focus.—v.t. Fō′calise to bring to a focus: to concentrate.—n. Focimeter (fō-sim′e-tėr) an instrument for assisting in focussing an object in or before a photographic camera—usually a lens of small magnifying power.—Focussing cloth a cloth thrown over a photographic camera and the operator's head and shoulders to exclude all light save that coming through the lens.—Conjugate foci two points so situated that if a light be placed at one its rays will be reflected to the other; In focus placed or adjusted so as to secure distinct vision or a sharp definite image.
手打:利
例句/造句/用法:
- His Democratic opponents, especially Woodrow Wilson, are, as I write, in the midst of the Presidential campaign of 1912, trying to focus attention on the tariff. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The greater the refractive power of the lens, the greater the bending, and the nearer the principal focus to the lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A whole village-full of sensuous emotion, scattered abroad all the year long, surged here in a focus for an hour. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Their fire had ceased entirely and all their energies seemed focused upon escape. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- His eyes were focused on the wine bowl but he was not seeing it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Rays of light are converged and focused at _F_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The heat rays from the element are focused on the dish in which the food is being prepared. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Focusing and ordering are thus the two aspects of direction, one spatial, the other temporal. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A luminous image of any object placed in front of the lens is thrown in an inverted position upon the screen, which is of ground glass, to permit the image to be seen in focusing. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Nor is there anything disingenuous about this focusing of the attention: a real belief is there. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Looked at externally it is a curious focusing of attention. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- K is the cathode plate, formed of a concave disk of aluminum, which focuses the rays at a point near the center of the bulb. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- At the present time the conflict of philosophic theories focuses in discussion of the proper place and function of vocational factors in education. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In practice, the operation would be somewhat as follows, generally speaking: The lens would first be focussed on the animate scene to be photographed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The story of the part the new invention had played quickly spread abroad, and added to the intense public interest now focussed on it. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Kitty Hawk, the place the Wrights had chosen because the Weather Bureau had told them the winds were strongest and steadiest there, now became one of the chief foci of the world’s attention. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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