1.compound eye/leaf etc technicala single eye, leaf etc that is made up of two or more parts 复眼/复叶等 → simple
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compound eye/leaf etc• Instead, it forms a hugedomedshield on the front of which are two bean-shaped compound eyes.• It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli.• The silverfish, for example, has compound eyes but others in the group are blind.• First, insects have compound eyes consisting of up to several thousand opticalunits called ommatidia, each with a single lens.• That portion of the epicranium which lies immediately behind the frons and between the compound eyes is termed the vertex.• There is not only one way, as is demonstrated by the compound eyes of arthropods.
2.compound noun/adjective etc technicala noun, adjective etc that is made up of two or more words. For example, ‘icecream’ is a compound noun. 复合名词/形容词等
compound• First, insects have compound eyes consisting of up to several thousand opticalunits called ommatidia, each with a singlelens.• The present-value formula may be derived directly from the compound interest formula.• But the precisefigure would be 10.7 per cent because of the effect of compound interest.