| 单词 | invisible |
| 释义 | invisible (once / 296 pages) adj If you are invisible, you can't be seen with the naked eye, but you can do an awful lot of spying. When you do something embarrassing, you often wish you were invisible. Germs are invisible, as are odors. A good question to ask someone is whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible. Flight gives you freedom to travel, but if you are invisible, you have the ability to sneak around and see things you would not normally be able to see. Which would you prefer? WORD FAMILYinvisible: invisibility, invisibleness, invisiblest, invisibly+/invisibility: invisibilities/visibility: visibilities/visible: invisible, visibility, visibleness, visibler, visiblest, visibly USAGE EXAMPLESBut, like any invisible authority, such systems should be open to scrutiny. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) So astronomers proposed that invisible dark matter must be providing the extra gravity needed to hold galaxies together. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) A powerful Post investigation in 1999, “Invisible Lives,” detailed the dreadful conditions and lack of attention to vulnerable people placed in the city’s care. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye the invisible man invisible rays an invisible hinge invisible mending Syn|Ant unseeable covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed imperceptible, unperceivableimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses camouflagedmade invisible by means of protective coloring concealed, hidden, out of sightnot accessible to view infraredhaving or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end lightlessgiving no light nonvisualnot resulting in vision occulthidden and difficult to see ultraviolethaving or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end undetectablenot easily seen unseeynnot seen or perceived seeable, visible capable of being seen; or open to easy view perceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or senses circumpolar(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel in sightat or within a reasonable distance for seeing ocular, visualvisible macroscopic, macroscopicalvisible to the naked eye; using the naked eye gross, megascopicvisible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) microscopic, microscopicalvisible under a microscope; using a microscope subgrosstoo small to be visible to the naked eye panoptic, panopticalincluding everything visible in one view telescopicvisible only with a telescope viewablecapable of being viewed 2adj not prominent or readily noticeable the invisible man Syn|Ant inconspicuous obscure, unnoticeable not drawing attention conspicuous obvious to the eye or mind attention-getting, eye-catchingseizing the attention big, large, prominentconspicuous in position or importance boldclear and distinct crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rankconspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible featuredmade a feature or highlight; given prominence in evidenceclearly to be seen markedsingled out for notice or especially for a dire fate outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikinghaving a quality that thrusts itself into attention indiscreetlacking discretion; injudicious |
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