| 单词 | x-ray vision |
| 释义 | > as lemmasX-ray vision 1. Designating very acute discernment, or an apparent ability to see beyond an outward form or through opaque material. Esp. in X-ray eyes, X-ray scrutiny, X-ray vision. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity knowledgea1398 perspiciencec1450 clearness1535 perspicacity1548 insightc1580 perspective?a1586 subtileness1591 perspicacy1600 clarity1616 quicksightedness1625 perspicuity1662 clear-sightednessa1691 perspicaciousness1727 percipiency1845 far-sightedness1846 clairvoyance1861 X-ray scrutiny1896 1896 St. Louis Clinique May 223/2 We should perhaps set it down to the X Ray power of the secular press reporter who can see through the ‘closed doors’ of any medical society. 1899 G. Allen Miss Cayley's Adventures ii. 45 She looked me through and through again with her X-ray scrutiny. 1899 Coming Age Nov. 449 (heading) X-ray vision, or supernormal sight. 1939 M. Allingham Mr. Campion & Others ii. 36 The conviction that he had actually encountered a man with X-ray eyes at last. 1976 J. Wainwright Who goes Next? 205 He didn't have X-ray eyes. He couldn't see through the sides of a parked van. 1986 ARTnews Sept. 125/2 Kardon does not merely paint the two-dimensional surface of the body. Rather, with X-ray perception, he paints the three-dimensional surface. 1992 E. Goudge Such Devoted Sisters Prol. 3 She saw the letter as clearly as if she'd had Superman's X-ray vision. 2002 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Apr. 10 A Customs & Excise working party has been subjecting one very important aspect of our trade figures to X-ray scrutiny. < as lemmas |
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