iris 音标拼音: ['ɑɪrəs] ['ɑɪrɪs]
n . 虹膜,鸢尾属植物,彩虹之女神,虹,虹彩
虹膜,鸢尾属植物,彩虹之女神,虹,虹彩
iris n 1 :
plants with sword -
shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright -
colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [
synonym : {
iris }, {
flag }, {
fleur -
de -
lis },
{
sword lily }]
2 :
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye ;
it forms the colored portion of the eye 3 :
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [
synonym :
{
iris }, {
iris diaphragm }]
Iris \
I "
ris \,
n .;
pl .
E . {
Irises },
L . {
Irides }. [
L .
iris ,
iridis ,
the goddess ,
Gr . ?, ?,
the rainbow ,
iris of the eye ,
the plant Iris .
Cf . {
Orris }.]
1 . (
Class .
Myth .)
The goddess of the rainbow ,
and swift -
footed messenger of the gods . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The rainbow . --
Sir T .
Browne .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
An appearance resembling the rainbow ;
a prismatic play of colors . --
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Anat .)
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil ,
and forming the colored portion of the eye .
See {
Eye }.
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Bot .)
A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots ,
of which the flower -
de -
luce (
fleur -
de -
lis ),
orris ,
and other species of flag are examples .
See Illust .
of {
Flower -
de -
luce }.
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1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Her .)
See {
Fleur -
de -
lis },
2 .
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1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Zool .)
the inner circle of an oscillated color spot .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
8 .
same as {
iris diaphragm }.
[
PJC ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
iris ":
Dalmatian ,
antigorite ,
baby blues ,
band ,
banjo eyes ,
bar ,
bespangle ,
bespeckle ,
bespot ,
blotch ,
bright eyes ,
butterfly ,
candy cane ,
chameleon ,
check ,
checker ,
cheetah ,
chrysotile ,
clear eyes ,
confetti ,
cornea ,
crazy quilt ,
dapple ,
dot ,
eye ,
eyeball ,
eyelid ,
firedog ,
flake ,
fleck ,
freckle ,
goggle eyes ,
harlequin ,
iridesce ,
iridize ,
jaguar ,
lens ,
leopard ,
lid ,
mackerel ,
mackerel sky ,
maculate ,
marble ,
marbled paper ,
marbleize ,
moire ,
mother -
of -
pearl ,
motley ,
mottle ,
nacre ,
naked eye ,
nictitating membrane ,
ocelot ,
oculus ,
opal ,
opalesce ,
ophite ,
optic ,
optic nerve ,
orb ,
organ of vision ,
patchwork quilt ,
peacock ,
peeper ,
pepper ,
polychrome ,
polychromize ,
popeyes ,
pupil ,
rainbow ,
retina ,
saucer eyes ,
sclera ,
serpentine ,
serpentine marble ,
shot silk ,
spangle ,
speck ,
speckle ,
spectrum ,
splotch ,
spot ,
sprinkle ,
starry orbs ,
stigmatize ,
stipple ,
streak ,
striate ,
stripe ,
stud ,
tattoo ,
tessellate ,
tortoise shell ,
unaided eye ,
variegate ,
vein ,
visual organ ,
zebra
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