ETYMFORGEphosphenes
The lights and colours you see when you close and press on your eyes
闭眼时看到的光斑
Rub your closed eyes, gently. Colors bloom out of the dark: rings, sparks, slow drifting clouds of light.
轻轻揉一揉闭上的眼睛。黑暗里会开出颜色：光环、火花，还有慢慢飘动的光雾。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
It's built from two Greek words: phos, meaning light,
它由两个希腊语词组成：phos，意思是“光”，
and phainein, to show. Light that shows itself, with no light at all.
还有 phainein，意思是“显现”。没有光，光却自己出现了。
The glow doesn't come from outside. Pressure makes the cells in your retina fire, and your brain reads it as light.
这些光并不来自外面。压力让视网膜细胞被激活，大脑就把它当成了光。
In a sentence用法
When I rubbed my tired eyes, phosphenes swirled like tiny galaxies.
我揉了揉疲惫的眼睛，眼前的光斑像小小的星系一样旋转。
Even in total darkness, your eyes are still making light. You just have to close them to see it.
即使在完全的黑暗里，你的眼睛也在制造光。只要闭上眼睛，就能看见。
Full transcript完整字幕
Rub your closed eyes, gently. Colors bloom out of the dark: rings, sparks, slow drifting clouds of light.
Those lights have a name.
Phosphenes.
It's built from two Greek words: phos, meaning light,
and phainein, to show. Light that shows itself, with no light at all.
The glow doesn't come from outside. Pressure makes the cells in your retina fire, and your brain reads it as light.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
When I rubbed my tired eyes, phosphenes swirled like tiny galaxies.
Your turn. Say it with me: Phosphenes.
Even in total darkness, your eyes are still making light.
You just have to close them to see it.
轻轻揉一揉闭上的眼睛。黑暗里会开出颜色：光环、火花，还有慢慢飘动的光雾。
这些光，有它们自己的名字。
Phosphenes，闭眼时看到的光斑。
它由两个希腊语词组成：phos，意思是“光”，
还有 phainein，意思是“显现”。没有光，光却自己出现了。
这些光并不来自外面。压力让视网膜细胞被激活，大脑就把它当成了光。
放进句子里，是这样的：
我揉了揉疲惫的眼睛，眼前的光斑像小小的星系一样旋转。
轮到你了，跟我一起说：phosphenes。
即使在完全的黑暗里，你的眼睛也在制造光。
只要闭上眼睛，就能看见。