glasses

gafas, anteojos

Dos lentes transparentes sujetas en una montura que se llevan delante de los ojos para ver mejor.

En inglés sencillo: Two clear lenses in a frame worn in front of your eyes to help you see.

• I wear glasses to read.
• She broke her glasses yesterday.
• Have you seen my glasses anywhere?

Sinónimos: spectacles

Expresiones frecuentes: wear glasses, pair of glasses, reading glasses

prismáticos, binoculares

Instrumento por el que se mira con ambos ojos para ver mejor las cosas lejanas.

En inglés sencillo: An instrument you look through with both eyes to see distant things more clearly.

• He raised his field glasses.
• She watched the stage through opera glasses.
• Bring your field glasses to watch the birds.

Sinónimos: binoculars

Expresiones frecuentes: field glasses, opera glasses, look through glasses

vidrios

Distintas variedades del material duro y normalmente transparente con el que se hacen ventanas y botellas.

En inglés sencillo: Different types of the hard, usually clear material used to make windows and bottles.

• These glasses melt at different temperatures.
• The laboratory tests several glasses for strength.
• Special glasses are used to make camera lenses.

Expresiones frecuentes: optical glasses, special glasses, different glasses