動詞 refract:

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

1. Light is refracted when passed through a prism.
   光線經(jīng)過棱鏡時產(chǎn)生折射現(xiàn)象。

re.fract

v.tr.（及物動詞）
re.fract.ed,re.fract.ing,re.fracts
To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.
使偏斜：通過折射使（光等）從筆直的路徑上偏斜
To alter by viewing through a medium:
使折射：透過中介物看而發(fā)生改變：
例句：
.In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes.(Elizabeth Kastor)
.在這個四重奏中，現(xiàn)實通過許多人的眼睛的折射而改變.(伊麗莎白·卡斯托)

Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).
【醫(yī)學】 測定屈光度：測定（眼等）屈光度

來源：
Latin refringere refr3ct- [to break up]
拉丁語 refringere refr3ct- [分離]
re- [re-]
re- [前綴re-]
frangere [to break] * see bhreg-
frangere [碎] *參見 bhreg-