naked-eye
naked-eye — 慣用語
1. Something visible to the naked eye is big or close enough for a person to see us
用肉眼
不借助儀器觀看
Something visible to the naked eye is big or close enough for a person to see using their ordinary sight, without needing a telescope, microscope, binoculars, or any similar device.
From the hilltop, Mira could see the city lights with the naked eye.
Mira 在山丘上用肉眼就能看到城市的燈光。
fixed phrase: with the naked eye
The comet was so bright that Darius spotted it with the naked eye.
那顆彗星非常明亮，Darius 用肉眼就看到了。
These tiny insects are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
這些小蟲實在太小了，無法用肉眼看見。
To the naked eye, the pattern on the butterfly's wing looked like a single colour.
用肉眼看起來，蝴蝶翅膀上的花紋只是單一顏色。
- unaided eye
More formal; common in scientific writing
- naked vision
Less common; used in astronomy contexts
文法句型
with the naked eye
visible to the naked eye
用法筆記
Commonly appears in the fixed phrases 'with the naked eye' (adverbial, describing how someone sees) and 'to the naked eye' (describing how something appears).
常見錯誤
naked-eye — 名詞
1. The naked eye is the human eye working on its own, without any instrument such a
肉眼（裸眼）
不靠器具的視力
The naked eye is the human eye working on its own, without any instrument such as a magnifying glass, telescope, or microscope that changes the size, distance, or appearance of what you see.
To the naked eye, the two shades of blue look identical.
用肉眼看，這兩種藍色一模一樣。
prepositional phrase: to the naked eye
What the naked eye sees as one point of light is often a star cluster.
肉眼看來只是一個光點，實際上是一群恆星。
Ari examined the fabric closely for flaws that might escape the naked eye.
Ari 仔細檢查布料，尋找肉眼可能漏掉的瑕疵。
Pictures taken through a telescope show more detail than the naked eye alone can capture.
透過望遠鏡拍攝的照片，比肉眼單獨能看到的細節更多。
- unaided eye
More technical, preferred in formal publications
文法句型
the naked eye
用法筆記
Always takes the definite article 'the'. This noun sense refers to the actual biological eye or visual system itself, whereas the idiom 'with the naked eye' focuses on the action of seeing without aids.