monocle

• n. 単眼包帯

mono-, single, -oc, eye, 語源的にはeye, ocular, binocularと同じ。

monocle (n.)

"single eyeglass," 1886, from French monocle, noun use of adjective monocle "one-eyed, blind in one eye" (13c.), from Late Latin monoculus "one-eyed," from Greek monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + Latin oculus "eye" (see eye (n.)).

That this, a hybrid, a Gallicism, and a word with no obvious meaning to the Englishman who hears it for the first time, should have ousted the entirely satisfactory eyeglass is a melancholy illustration of the popular taste in language. [Fowler]

1. The old lady could not read clearly without her monocle .

このおばあさんは彼女の片眼鏡をかけないと読めない。

2.A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in mind 's eye.

皮肉屋は、心の中で片眼鏡をかけて世間を見る人だ。