microscope
microscope — 名詞
- microscopesingular
- microscopesplural
1. A microscope is a scientific instrument with glass lenses that makes extremely t
顯微鏡
用透鏡放大微小物體以便觀察的儀器
A microscope is a scientific instrument with glass lenses that makes extremely tiny things appear much larger, so that people can study them closely.
Talia used a microscope to study the tiny cells in a plant leaf.
Talia 用顯微鏡觀察植物葉片上的微小細胞。
use + to-infinitive showing purpose
Under a strong microscope, the dust from a desk looks like big round rocks.
在強力顯微鏡下，書桌上的灰塵看起來像一顆顆大圓石。
under + [article] + [adjective] + microscope
Hui carefully cleaned the lenses of her microscope before placing a slide on it.
Hui 在放上載玻片之前，仔細清潔了顯微鏡的鏡片。
collocation: clean the lens of a microscope
The biology teacher adjusted the focus of the microscope to see the nucleus of a cell.
生物老師調整顯微鏡的焦距，以便觀察細胞核。
collocation: adjust / focus the microscope (on [target])
Without a microscope, it is almost impossible to tell bacteria and viruses apart.
沒有顯微鏡，幾乎不可能區分細菌和病毒。
- under a/the microscope
- through a/the microscope
- look at something under a microscope
- examine something under a microscope
- adjust the focus of a microscope
- clean the lens of a microscope
- place a slide under a microscope
- magnifying glass
a simpler, handheld device with one lens; much weaker than a microscope
- hand lens
a small magnifying tool used in fieldwork; less powerful than a lab microscope
- electron microscope
a far more powerful instrument that uses electrons instead of light rays (C1–C2 vocabulary)
文法句型
under + [article] + microscope
through + [article] + microscope
use + a/the + microscope + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Countable noun. Frequently appears in phrases beginning with 'under' (position of the object being examined) or 'through' (the act of looking).
常見錯誤
under the microscope
idiomIf a person, group, event, or situation is put under the microscope, every detail is examined very carefully, usually by the public, the media, or an official body.
受到嚴格檢視；被仔細審查
After the accident, the company's safety rules were put under the microscope by reporters.
The politician's past spending came under the microscope during the election campaign.
同根字
- microscopic形容詞B2
- microscopically副詞C1
- microscopy名詞C1