GLASSES


Meaning of GLASSES in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dark , tinted

I wear blue-tinted ~ on sunny days.

▪ reading

▪ half-moon , round

▪ thick

a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick ~

▪ granny

▪ owlish

▪ heavy

▪ gold-rimmed , horn-rimmed , steel-rimmed , wire-framed , wire-rimmed

▪ rimless

▪ field , opera

… OF GLASSES

▪ pair

VERB + GLASSES

▪ have on , wear

▪ put on

▪ remove , take off

▪ look over , peer over

Her father lowered his paper and peered over his ~ at her.

▪ adjust , push up

She pushed her ~ up and rubbed the bridge of her nose.

▪ clean , polish , wipe

GLASSES + VERB

▪ steam up

His ~ steamed up as soon as he came indoors.

▪ be perched on sth , perch on sth

Horn-rimmed ~ perched on the bridge of her nose.

PREPOSITION

▪ behind (your) ~

She blinked behind her ~.

Their anxious faces were hidden behind dark ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .