dark glasses

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) spectacles with lenses tinted to reduce transmitted light

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Noun

dark glasses - spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades"

shades, sunglasses

Polaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare

eyeglasses, glasses, specs, spectacles - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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dark glasses

npl → occhiali mpl scuri

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His eyes being hidden by the dark glasses there was an utter absence of all expression.

He did not evidently expect anything so decisive and, at first, throwing his head back, he tilted up his dark glasses with bland curiosity.

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He wore dark glasses, light coloured shorts and a long sleeved dark top and was filmed dropping a suitcase or bag before it exploded.

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DARK GLASSES In an internal memo dated May 17 and copied to his deputy Philomena Mwilu, Mr Maraga asked judges not to entertain behaviour that could put courts into disrepute.

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Lagerfeld, who transformed Chanel after taking the helm in 1983, was rarely seen without his dark glasses and a silver ponytail.

Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies

In contrast with her usually voluptuous figure, Fan appeared gaunt and emaciated and was wearing a white baseball cap, dark glasses, large black coat, black pants, and high-soled gold shoes.

Missing Chinese actress Fan Bingbing spotted in Beijing

He was wearing dark glasses and a dark hooded sweatshirt.

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LAHORE -- National Highways and Motorway Police Central Zone has launched a three-day awareness campaign against the use of dark glasses in vehicles, fancy registration number-plates and unregistered vehicles.

3-day awareness campaign against vehicles tinted glasses

He has a local accent and was wearing a check shirt, cowboy hat and dark glasses.

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The England midfielder was pictured driving in to the club's Finch Farm training complex yesterday - wearing dark glasses and with the sun visor on his Range Rover firmly down.

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Two gunmen, wearing dark glasses and black shirts, robbed a Credit Libanais branch in Burj Hammoud at gunpoint.