单词 | invisibility |
释义 | invisibilityn. a. The quality or condition of being invisible; incapacity of being seen. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] invisibleness1530 invisibility1561 unperceivableness1611 unvisibleness1611 imperceptibility1612 inconspicuousness1624 undiscernibleness1645 undiscernableness1646 imperceptiveness1662 imperceivableness1666 imperceptibleness1673 imperceptivitya1680 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xvii. 689 (margin) Though the invisibilitie of the body of Christ were granted. 1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 22 She seemeth..to enter into a Cloud of invisibility, and so disappear. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 137 Invisible by his essence, his invisibility was the primeval night which preceded time and light. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iv The invisibility of men's motive. b. with plural: An invisible entity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > thing or person Invisible Church1561 invisible1646 imperceptible1659 invisibilitya1668 the invisible1781 invisible man1911 a1668 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1882) 28 Those invisibilities which mortal eye hath not seen. 1895 Expositor Feb. 148 The invisibilities which underlie the visibilities of the universe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561 |
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