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pinhole

/pin-hohl/US // ˈpɪnˌhoʊl //UK // (ˈpɪnˌhəʊl) //

针孔,小孔,针眼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small hole made by or as by a pin.
    • : a hole for a pin to go through; tiny aperture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The two compartments would be separated by a wall with a shutter covering a pinhole just large enough for a gas molecule to pass through.

  • Example: "Sam, you have no idea how big this thing was…It was like putting like a watermelon into a pinhole."

  • He has long worked with different types of photography, including pinhole cameras and camera obscura.

  • Let us say that such a thing occurs; you have pricked one pinhole too many round the corner of the mouth.

  • (b) A small impurity in the rubber may dissolve in the acid and leave a minute pinhole.

  • Between eye and nostril, on either side, was the sinister "pinhole," that is the infallible mark of the poison-sac serpent.

  • The idea of photography as an art has been discussed no doubt ever since the invention of the pinhole.

  • In a dark-room a light must be placed behind the pinhole, and a bit of ground glass held in front of the lens.