Definition

Examples

• 棱镜可以把白光分解成七种颜色。
  léng jìng kěyǐ bǎ bái guāng fēnjiě chéng qī zhǒng yánsè.
  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。
  Zhège léng jìng shíyàn ràng wǒmen kàn dào le guāng de zhéshè.
  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 xǐhuan yòng léng jìng lái bǐyù wénhuà de duōyàngxìng.
  He likes to use a prism as a metaphor for cultural diversity.