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So small that you cannot see it with just your eyes — you need a microscope to see it, like bacteria or tiny cells. People also use it loosely, not always about science, to mean 'extremely small' or 'extremely detailed' — a microscopic mistake, microscopic detail.
微小的;顯微鏡下的
組成micro- (small) + scope (to look at, see) + -ic. From the same roots as 'microscope', the tool used to look at very small things.
同家族的字
- microscopethe instrument this word comes from — micro- + scope
- telescopeshares the -scope part, meaning 'an instrument for looking'
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
microscopicadj/ˌmaɪ.kɹəˈskɒp.ɪk/
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Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
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So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
- The water was full of microscopic organisms.
- Yiannas said there has been widespread public confusion about cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, also known as cyclospora, that can cause explosive diarrhea.
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Very small; minute
- Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
- By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.
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Carried out with great attention to detail.
- The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
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Able to see extremely minute objects.
- Why has not man a microscopic eye?
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。