Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man.时间模糊了记忆，我几乎想不起父亲年轻时的样子。A prism causes rays of light to diverge.棱镜使光线分散。The prism resolved the light into a play of colour.棱镜把光分成了各种颜色。Light is diffracted when it passes through a prism.光线通过棱镜时发生衍射。