refract
verb (- refract something
(of water, air, glass, etc. )水、空气、玻璃等 to make waves, such as those of light, sound or energy, change direction when they go through at an angle Topics Physics and chemistryc2使(光波、声波、能量波等)折射;使产生折射 Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin refract- ‘broken up’, from the verb refringere, from re- ‘back’ + frangere ‘to break’.