Collocations for spectacles - noun
ADJ.
heavy | gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, metal-framed, rimless, steel-rimmed, wide-framed | pebble, thick, thick-lensed | bifocal, half-moon, tinted | dark | safety
QUANT.
pair
VERB + SPECTACLES
have on, wear | put on | take off | push up
She pushed her spectacles up her nose and sighed.
She pushed her spectacles up her nose and sighed.
adjust | polish | look through/over, peer through/over
He peered at the waiter over his spectacles.
He peered at the waiter over his spectacles.
SPECTACLES + VERB
be perched on sth, perch on sth
Her wire-framed spectacles were perched on the end of her nose.
Her wire-framed spectacles were perched on the end of her nose.
glint
Her spectacles glinted in the moonlight.
Her spectacles glinted in the moonlight.
steam up
His spectacles steamed up in the hot room.
His spectacles steamed up in the hot room.
PREP.
behind your ~, through your ~