Iris

['aɪrɪs] 美式发音

(noun.) diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening.

(noun.) muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye.

(noun.) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.

录入:特伦特

• Duke of Balmoral's Iris. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The iris of the eyes is blood red, as in Albinos, while the pupil is dark. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The retina of the eye cannot be moved backward and forward, as the screen was, and the crystalline lens is permanently located directly back of the iris. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

录入:提托