| 单词 |
microscopical |
| 释义 |
microscopical, a.|maɪkrəʊˈskɒpɪkəl|
[Formed as prec. + -al1.]
1. Pertaining or relating to the microscope or its use; resembling what pertains to a microscope.
1664Phil. Trans. I. 28 The Microscopical view of the Edges of Rasors. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus i. (1682) 7 The certainty of which I believe the improvement of microscopical Observations will discover. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxiii. §12. 140 And if by the help of such Microscopical Eyes (if I may so call them) a Man could penetrate farther than ordinary into the..radical Texture of Bodies. 1796Bp. Watson Apol. Bible ix. (ed. 2) 94 The microscopical discoveries of modern times. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 104 Unsatisfactory in the present state of microscopical knowledge. 1883Proctor in Knowledge 18 May 300/2 Are not microscopical papers in progress?
2. = microscopic 3. Now rare.
1769Barrington in Phil. Trans. LIX. 31 Still smaller microscopical insects. 1771W. Jones Zool. Eth. 76 The microscopical feathers upon the wing of a moth. 1871Hartwig Subterr. W. ii. 10 The aggregated remains of microscopical animals. 1880Günther Fishes 114 It is the membrana argentea, and composed of microscopical crystals. |
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