Definition of lorgnette in English:
lorgnette
(also lorgnettes)
noun lɔːˈnjɛtlɔrnˈjɛt
A pair of glasses or opera glasses held in front of a person's eyes by a long handle at one side.
一副长柄眼镜；（观剧用）一副长柄眼镜式望远镜- The woman raised a lorgnette and appraised the muddied rugby shirt with pursed lips.
- Peering severely through her lorgnette at Everson she said ‘I'm afraid Colonel Everson that even men your age are in need of constant house-training‘.
- Beginning in the 1890s fashionable ladies wore lorgnettes on elegant occasions.
- She does not look at people, she regards them, as though quizzing them at a ball through a pair of lorgnettes.
- Aside from full-frame styles, they're also available in rimless styles, topless styles and lorgnettes.
- This pair of fold away lorgnettes are strung with a dyed coral dragon carving, fluorite beads and small glass beads.
- Well, I do not have my lorgnette on me, but I will try anyway.
- Positioned hierarchically above the crowd like a god, King Leopold looks through a lorgnette but seems not to notice the violence below.
- As they spoke, their father observed them from the staircase, holding a lorgnette.
- We have monocles, lorgnettes, opera glasses and other vision aids for all your needs.
- From these chains were suspended watches or lorgnettes, as well as lockets and other useful implements.
- The weight of the lorgnettes is 24.7 grams.
- Some of the more desirable lorgnettes had detailed, very artistic engraving and long handles.
- She glanced at him and turned pale, then glanced again with horror, unable to believe her eyes, and tightly gripped the fan and the lorgnette in her hands, evidently struggling with herself not to faint.
- At one point, we see her flitting from window to window, peeking through her lorgnettes at the humdrum of street life below.
- In the days before the Nazi occupation, when Vienna was a leading intellectual and cultural centre in Europe, she was an imposing figure, inscrutable as she peered at her students through her lorgnette.
- The lorgnette, of course, comes complete with extra powers of magnification to enhance the user's acuity to view a map, read a small number or menu under less than adequate conditions.
- Some double lens lorgnettes are hinged between the lenses and fold out to a single plane when in use.
- The spring is a little loose when the lorgnette is open.
- In the eighteenth century lorgnettes and quizzing glasses became elegant accessories of upper-class dress and fashion began to influence design.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French, from lorgner 'to squint'.
Rhymes
abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
Definition of lorgnette in US English:
lorgnette
(also lorgnettes)
nounlɔrnˈjɛtlôrnˈyet
A pair of glasses or opera glasses held in front of a person's eyes by a long handle at one side.
一副长柄眼镜；（观剧用）一副长柄眼镜式望远镜- We have monocles, lorgnettes, opera glasses and other vision aids for all your needs.
- The lorgnette, of course, comes complete with extra powers of magnification to enhance the user's acuity to view a map, read a small number or menu under less than adequate conditions.
- The spring is a little loose when the lorgnette is open.
- Peering severely through her lorgnette at Everson she said ‘I'm afraid Colonel Everson that even men your age are in need of constant house-training‘.
- Aside from full-frame styles, they're also available in rimless styles, topless styles and lorgnettes.
- The woman raised a lorgnette and appraised the muddied rugby shirt with pursed lips.
- In the days before the Nazi occupation, when Vienna was a leading intellectual and cultural centre in Europe, she was an imposing figure, inscrutable as she peered at her students through her lorgnette.
- From these chains were suspended watches or lorgnettes, as well as lockets and other useful implements.
- Some of the more desirable lorgnettes had detailed, very artistic engraving and long handles.
- This pair of fold away lorgnettes are strung with a dyed coral dragon carving, fluorite beads and small glass beads.
- At one point, we see her flitting from window to window, peeking through her lorgnettes at the humdrum of street life below.
- Positioned hierarchically above the crowd like a god, King Leopold looks through a lorgnette but seems not to notice the violence below.
- In the eighteenth century lorgnettes and quizzing glasses became elegant accessories of upper-class dress and fashion began to influence design.
- Well, I do not have my lorgnette on me, but I will try anyway.
- As they spoke, their father observed them from the staircase, holding a lorgnette.
- Some double lens lorgnettes are hinged between the lenses and fold out to a single plane when in use.
- The weight of the lorgnettes is 24.7 grams.
- She does not look at people, she regards them, as though quizzing them at a ball through a pair of lorgnettes.
- Beginning in the 1890s fashionable ladies wore lorgnettes on elegant occasions.
- She glanced at him and turned pale, then glanced again with horror, unable to believe her eyes, and tightly gripped the fan and the lorgnette in her hands, evidently struggling with herself not to faint.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French, from lorgner ‘to squint’.