refract

动词 refract:

1. subject to refraction
2. determine the refracting power of (a lens)

1. Light is refracted when passed through a prism.
   光线经过棱镜时产生折射现象。

re.fract

v.tr.（及物动词）
re.fract.ed,re.fract.ing,re.fracts
To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.
使偏斜：通过折射使（光等）从笔直的路径上偏斜
To alter by viewing through a medium:
使折射：透过中介物看而发生改变：
例句：
.In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes.(Elizabeth Kastor)
.在这个四重奏中，现实通过许多人的眼睛的折射而改变.(伊丽莎白·卡斯托)

Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).
【医学】 测定屈光度：测定（眼等）屈光度

来源：
Latin refringere refr3ct- [to break up]
拉丁语 refringere refr3ct- [分离]
re- [re-]
re- [前缀re-]
frangere [to break] * see bhreg-
frangere [碎] *参见 bhreg-