| 词汇 | optical-illusion |
| 释义 | optical illusion noun[ C ] uk /ˌɒp.tɪ.kəl ɪˈluː.ʒən/ us /ˌɑːp.tɪ.kəl ɪˈluː.ʒən/ something that tricks your eyes and makes you think you see something that is not really there, or see it differently from how it really is视错觉;光幻觉 Dreaming be hearing/imagining/seeing thingsidiom be miles awayidiom daydream daydreamer daydreaming dream dreamfully dreamless dreamlessly dreamscape fantasist imagination in a dreamidiom mile night terror nightmare oneiric reverie thing Walter Mitty For example, some scientists believe that a zebra’s stripes are not for camouflage but to make an optical illusion. optical illusion | American Dictionaryoptical illusion noun[ C ] us/ˈɑp·tɪ·kəl ɪˈlu·ʒən/ something that you think you see, but that is not really there: Some sort of optical illusion makes these things seem to travel faster than they really do. Examples of optical illusionoptical illusion The ostensible exile of beliefs about the supernatural out of written into oral culture increasingly looks like an opticalillusion for the same reason. It is, after all, an opticalillusion, like the young girl-old woman picture. In many ways it is, however, a social opticalillusion. It appears that the imperialist enterprise in recent centuries has been predicated on racial divisions: an 'opticalillusion' that uses the metaphor of colour as a code. I am advised that the diagram printed with both articles is very little more than an opticalillusion and that it has no scientific basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is in fact an opticalillusion because it will not be the largest authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would venture to say that anyone who cannot see through this opticalillusion needs more than his eyes examined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that this process incurs an extra cost for pension funds is an opticalillusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we consider them as public expenditure cuts, we find that they are very largely an opticalillusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ask for the so-called opticalillusion of the level playing field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the opticalillusion which will not survive its exposure during the debate tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or was it an opticalillusion? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, that is an opticalillusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This motion may be an opticalillusion caused by the relativistic velocity of the jet, and not true superluminal motion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is an opticalillusion due to the properties of special relativity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of optical illusion These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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