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optical illusion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Optics
ˌoptical ilˈlusion noun [countable]  HPOTRICK/DECEIVEa picture or image that tricks your eyes and makes you see something that is not actually there 视错觉,光幻觉
Examples from the Corpus
optical illusionEven better, the full Coliseum will not be an optical illusion.This is called an optical illusion, which means that your eyes trick you into seeing something that is not really there.This is an optical illusion in which the diagram of a skeleton cube appears to the observer in either of two orientations.Shiseido's Wrinkle Smoothing Concentrate works on the principle of an optical illusion.It was probably an optical illusion, but the place seemed to be flying more eagles and swastikas than stars and stripes.Even knowing what he did, Kirov found it difficult to see how the optical illusion had been managed.For once, the optical illusion experienced by sailors leaving port seemed apt.
ˌoptical ilˈlusion nounChineseSyllable
Corpus image or tricks and eyes your that a picture


optical illusion
ˌoptical ilˈlusion noun [countable]
a picture or image that tricks your eyes and makes you see something that is not actually there


optical illusionBrE /ˌɒptɪkl ɪˈluːʒn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːptɪkl ɪˈluːʒn/ 🔊 noun
something that tricks your eyes and makes you think that you can see sth that is not there, or makes you see sth as different from what it really is 视错觉;错视;视觉幻象