goggles

«goggles» in Mova's school dictionary: special glasses that fit tightly round your eyes to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural (goggles; a pair of goggles)

meaning for a pupil

1) Goggles are special glasses that fit tightly round your eyes to protect them from water, wind, snow, dust, chemicals or flying bits. tree →

2) Goggles can also be a jokey word for glasses. tree →

sense in the lessons

In swimming lessons, goggles keep water out of your eyes so you can see under water. In science and design-and-technology lessons, safety goggles protect eyes from chemicals, sparks and flying bits; always wear them when told. Skiers wear snow goggles against glare and wind. Phrases: «a pair of goggles», «swimming goggles», «safety goggles», «ski goggles», «put on your goggles».

examples

• Put on your swimming goggles before you dive in. tree →
• Wear safety goggles in the science lab. tree →
• My goggles steamed up in the pool. tree →
• Ski goggles protect your eyes from the snow glare. tree →
• The welder wore dark goggles. tree →
• I lost my goggles at the swimming pool. tree →
• Always wear goggles when sawing wood. tree →
• She pushed her goggles up onto her head. tree →

note

Always plural: «My goggles are wet», «a pair of goggles». The verb «goggle» means to stare with wide eyes, but it is rare. Goggles are different from sunglasses: they seal around the eyes.

In the corpora

• Beavers can stay underwater for about 15 minutes, and see-through eyelids work like swimming goggles.
• Goggles are worn in the school lab because eyes are delicate and some chemicals damage them in seconds.
• Swimming goggles stop the chlorine in pool water from stinging your eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «goggles» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.