单词 | elude observation |
释义 | > as lemmaselude observation 5. Of things: to elude enquiry, elude notice, elude observation, etc.: to remain undiscovered or unexplained. ΚΠ 1816 E. Malone in J. Boswell Life Johnson II. 358 (note) [Quoting E. Malone, an. 1775] This celebrated Epitaph..has eluded a very diligent enquiry. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §3. 243 The total absorption being so small as to elude even Melloni's delicate tests. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vi. §177. 181 So infinitesimally small as to elude our observation. < as lemmas |
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