| 单词 | microscopic |
| 释义 | microscopic (once / 2795 pages) adj Skin cells, bacteria, and some kinds of algae are all microscopic, or too small to see without a microscope. Use the adjective microscopic to describe things that are so tiny you can't see them. The word is a scientific term if you literally mean "can be seen with a microscope," although people use it sometimes to mean "really small," as in the phrase "Wow, your feet are microscopic." Mikros means "small" in Greek, and the scope part of the word comes from the Greek word skopein, "to examine." WORD FAMILYmicroscopy: microscopic, microscopical, microscopist+/microscopical: microscopically/microscopist: microscopists USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Bush warned his son in 1988 that they would face a lot of “microscopic probing.” Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) During his 1988 campaign, George Bush was sensitive to the “microscopic probing” his children were facing, particularly as the election drew near. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) To document some of these wonders, photographers roamed the world, revealing objects from the microscopic to the cosmic in scale. Nature(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj so small as to be invisible without a microscope differences were microscopic Syn microscopical little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2adj visible under a microscope; using a microscope Syn microscopical seeable, visible capable of being seen; or open to easy view 3adj of or relating to or used in microscopy microscopic analysis Syn microscopical 4adj extremely precise with great attention to details examined it with microscopic care Syn precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
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