microscopic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mi·cro·scop·ic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk◂ $ -ˈskɑː-/ adjective 1 SMALLextremely small and therefore very difficult to see 极小的，微小的，小得难以看清的 a microscopic speck of dust 微小的尘粒 Inspectors discovered microscopic cracks in the hull of the submarine. 检测人员发现潜艇的船身有细微的裂缝。► see thesaurus at small2 [only before noun]HBT using a microscope 用显微镜的 The cells were identified through microscopic analysis. 那些细胞通过显微镜分析被识别出来。 —microscopically /-kli/ adverb The seeds are microscopically small. 这些种子极小。
Examples from the Corpus
microscopic• However, microscopic analysis of the soil in a pit can sometimes show what sort of food remains were originally buried.• As early as 1844, Alfred Donne published a compendium of drawings made from daguerreotypes of microscopic forms.• The skin is covered with microscopic hairs, invisible to the naked eye.• Many of these organisms are microscopic in size.• Even at the microscopic level of atoms... there is mostly space..• A primitive form of microscopic life may have existed on Mars billions of years ago.• Interleukin-2 is normally present in minute quantities in the microscopic local environment of lymphocytes and acts only upon those few cells.• This branch of thermodynamics applies the laws of statistics to component microscopic particles.• The microscopic quantum world is imprecise; it is the domain of Heisenberg uncertainty.• Accordingly, the actual burning process on a microscopic scale must proceed through Several intermediate steps.• The whole process produces characteristic structural changes in the metal which can be detected by microscopic study of sections through the artefact.mi·cro·scop·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
difficult and therefore to small very Corpus extremely
microscopic
mi‧cro‧scop‧ic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk◂ $ -ˈskɑː-/
adjective
1. extremely small and therefore very difficult to see:
a microscopic speck of dust
Inspectors discovered microscopic cracks in the hull of the submarine.
2. [only before noun] using a microscope:
The cells were identified through microscopic analysis.
—microscopically /-kli/ adverb:
The seeds are microscopically small.
■ very small
▪tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts: a tiny island | Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.
▪teeny informal very small - used for emphasis: I'll just have a teeny bit of cream. | There's just one teeny little problem. | a teeny little house
▪minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice: They found minute traces of poison in his body. | The differences are minute. | minute creatures
▪miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size: The spy used a miniature camera. | the fashion for miniature pets
▪microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment: microscopic organisms | microscopic particles of dust
▪minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way: She was wearing a minuscule bikini. | The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.
▪itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small: An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead. | We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.
mi‧cro‧scop‧ic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk◂ $ -ˈskɑː-/
adjective1. extremely small and therefore very difficult to see:
2. [only before noun] using a microscope:
—microscopically /-kli/ adverb:
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