单词
panopticon
['pæn'ɑptɪ,kɑn]
基本信息
- n. 圆形监狱
英文词源
- panopticon (n.)
- 1768, a type of optical instrument or telescope, from Greek pan "all" (see pan-) + optikon, neuter of optikos "of or for sight" (see optic). Later the name of a type of prison designed by Bentham (1791) in which wardens had a constant view of all inmates, and "a showroom" (1850).
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