1650s, from Modern Latin microscopium, literally "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Greek micro- (see micro-) + -skopion, from skopein "to look, see" (see -scope).
双语例句
1. We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.
我们把显微镜对准了一个看起来合适的目标。
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2. The microscope contains a few hundred dollars-worth of electronic bits and bobs.
这架显微镜内有价值数百美元的电子元件。
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3. The media put their every decision under the microscope.
媒体仔细研究了他们的每一个决定。
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4. An object was magnified 200 times by the microscope.
这架显微镜能把物体放大二百倍.
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5. The students were looking through a microscope at plant cells.