scotoma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state.
    — Malcolm’s vision was now almost totally occupied by the shimmering dazzle of the scotoma.
  2. A weakness of the mind's perception, cognition, or world view, causing it to ignore some aspects of reality. figuratively
    — intellectual scotoma

词形变化

scotomas plural scotomata plural

词汇关系

衍生词
microscotoma scintillating scotoma scotomaphobia scotomatous scotometer scotometry scotomization
相关词
scotomize scotomy

词源

From Late Latin scotoma, from Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma), from σκότος (skótos, “darkness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -oma. The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense, as if the mind, like an eye, cannot "see" certain things.
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