- (also ophthalmic optician)(both British English)(especially North American English optometrist)
a person whose job is to examine people’s eyes and to recommend and sell glasses 眼镜商；验光师 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dispensing
- ophthalmic
- at the optician’s
- to the optician’s
- (especially North American English) (British English usually dispensing optician)
a person whose job is to make and supply glasses, but who does not test people's eyes 眼镜商；验光师 - optician’s(plural opticians)
the shop where an optician works 眼镜商店 to go to the optician’s 去配眼镜
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- ophthalmic
- at the optician’s
- to the optician’s
a person who makes lenses, glasses, etc. 光学仪器制造者
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French opticien, from medieval Latin optica ‘optics’.