Definizione monolingua

spectacle

spectacle (plural spectacles)

1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.
2. (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
3. (figuratively) An aid to the intellectual sight.
   • Chaucer

     Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see.

4. (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.

Definizione dizionario spectacle

spettacolo

vista

Altri significati:

(usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.

(figuratively) An aid to the intellectual sight.

something exhibited to view

(obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.

Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.