1·If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.
如果此类材料能够普遍用于光学产业，这一突破带来的收益将是巨大的。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Scientists studying optics and chromatics today still marvel at his findings.
今天研究光学和色彩学的科学家们仍对他的发现感到惊奇。
3·Astronomers have devised a technique called adaptive optics that can beat Earth atmosphere at its own game of blurring.
天文学家已经发明出一种叫做自适应光学的技术，可以以自己的模糊方式突破大气层。
4·But it was, ironically, not until the invention of the laser in 1960 that understanding the quantum nature of optics became crucial.
但是，具有讽刺意义的是，直到1960年激光发明后，认识光学的量子本质才变得至关重要。
5·One essential tool is adaptive optics technology, which, in effect, takes the twinkle out of the stars, thus providing sharper images from telescopes on the ground than would otherwise be possible.
一个重要的工具就是自适应光学技术，实际上就是通过地面上的望远镜将恒星的闪耀去除，从而比采用其他方法能提供更为明显的图像。
1·The N8, which looks like Apple.'s iPhone, features a 12-megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a 3.5 inch display.
N8手机看起来像苹果的iPhone，拥有1200像素卡尔·蔡司光学镜头的数码照相机以及3.5英寸的显示屏。