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pince-nez

/pans-ney, pins-; French pans-ney/US // ˈpænsˌneɪ, ˈpɪns-; French pɛ̃sˈneɪ //UK // (ˈpænsˌneɪ, ˈpɪns-, French pɛ̃sne) //

颈椎病,颈椎病患者,颈椎病治疗,颈椎

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pince-nez [pans-neyz, pins-; French pans-ney]. /ˈpænsˌneɪz, ˈpɪns-; French pɛ̃sˈneɪ/.

    • : a pair of glasses held on the face by a spring that grips the nose.

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Examples

  • The bushy-haired Russian Jew in the pince-nez was an ardent revolutionary but also a genuine democrat, or so the legend goes.

  • Walter Fetherston glanced at the general through his pince-nez with a curious expression, but he did not join in the conversation.

  • John Maltwood, the quiet, youngish-looking man in the gold pince-nez, was popular everywhere over the country-side.

  • Every action of the doctor had been noted, and information of it conveyed to the quiet-mannered man in pince-nez.

  • Old Van's possible confidant, instead of immediately answering, again assumed the pince-nez.

  • Good fellows on the whole, with their gladstone bags and their pince-nez and their unmistakable respectability.