棱镜 (léng jìng) — prism

Definition

Examples

• 棱镜可以把白光分解成七种颜色。
  léng jìng Kě yǐ bǎ bái guāng fēn jiě chéng qī zhǒng yán sè.
  A prism can split white light into seven colors.
• 这个棱镜实验让我们看到了光的折射。
  Zhè ge léng jìng shí yàn ràng wǒ men kàn dào le guāng de zhé shè.
  This prism experiment let us see the refraction of light.
• 他喜欢用棱镜来比喻文化的多样性。
  Tā xǐ huan yòng léng jìng lái bǐ yù wén huà de duō yàng xìng.
  He likes to use a prism as a metaphor for cultural diversity.