| Title | optician |
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary op·ti·cian \\äp-ˈti-shən\\ noun DATE 1737 1. a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments 2. a person who reads prescriptions for visual correction, orders lenses, and dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses — compare ophthalmologist , optometrist English Etymology optician 1680s, after Fr. opticien; see optic. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 optician op·ti·cian / Cp5tiFn; NAmE B:p- / noun1. (also oph7thalmic op'tician) (both BrE) (also op·tom·etrist NAmE, BrE) a person whose job is to examine people's eyes and to recommend and sell glasses 眼镜商；验光师 2. op·ti·cian's (pl. op·ti·cians) the shop / store where an optician works 眼镜商店: to go to the optician's 去配眼镜 3. a person who makes lenses , glasses, etc. 光学仪器制造者 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English optician noun ADJ. dispensing, ophthalmic A dispensing optician supplies glasses, but doesn't test your eyes. PHRASES at/to the optician's I've got to go to the optician's tomorrow. • Note at DOCTOR (for verbs) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged op·ti·cian \äpˈtishən\ noun (-s) Etymology: French opticien, from Medieval Latin optica optics + French -ien -ian 1. archaic : one skilled in optics 2. a. : a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments b. : one that grinds spectacle lenses to prescription and dispenses spectacles — compare oculist , optometrist |
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