compound eye

• n. (昆虫的)复眼

英英释义

Noun:

1. in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Ants can swarm over a field and find the choicest food in it as if the swarm were a large compound eye.
   蚂蚁能成群结队地穿过田野，并在田野上找到上佳食物，仿佛它们就是一只巨大的复眼。
2. Compound eyes in living arthropods such as insects are very sensitive to motion , and it is likely that they were similarly important in predator detection in trilobites.
   复眼在现生的节肢动物如昆虫中非常常见，这些复眼对运动的物体非常敏感，对于一些食肉的三叶虫来说这种相似的构造非常重要。