释义 |
microscopically, adv.|maɪkrəʊˈskɒpɪkəlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] By means of a microscope; so minutely as to be visible only with a microscope.
1795Haighton in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 192 Metals, when microscopically examined, have convoluted fibrous appearances. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 122/2 One of these worms, when examined microscopically, presented a rupture in the middle of its body. 1876J. S. Bristowe Theory & Pract. Med. (1878) 57 Microscopically, they are found to be identical in structure with the uterine muscular walls. 1879tr. Semper's Anim. Life 40 The ovum cell being always microscopically small. b. fig. and hyperbolically.
1824Scott St. Ronan's v, The company examined even microscopically the response of the stranger. 1874tr. Lommel's Light 18 The rays of light which reach the microscopically small earth. 1885C. F. Woolson in Harper's Mag. Apr. 787/2 The little advances she had made had been microscopically small. |