magnifying
present participle ofmagnify
| 单词 | magnifying |
| 释义 | magnifying present participle ofmagnify magnify verb[T] uk/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.faɪ/us/ˈmæɡ.nə.faɪ/to make somethinglooklargerthan it is,especiallybylookingat it through alens: Althoughourskinlookssmooth, when magnified it isfullofbumpsandholes. to make aproblembiggeror moreimportant: Thehotsummermagnified theracialtensions in thecommunity. Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enlarging and inflating Increasing and intensifying Examplesofmagnifyingmagnifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He brings amagnifyingglass to the complexities obscured by existing models. From theCambridge English Corpus Microphone: used as a tool for capturing sounds, but also used as amagnifyingtool to listen to the scarcely audible. From theCambridge English Corpus The listener hears each event from a fixed point in time, and bymagnifyingindividual gestures, the composer can make them appear three-dimensional. From theCambridge English Corpus What is detectable depends strongly on the means of illuminating,magnifying, and viewing the film-splitting meniscus deep within the narrow gap between the rolls. From theCambridge English Corpus Bymagnifyingstill further, each element of the gesture is revealed, thereby making the original appear one-dimensional again, and so on. From theCambridge English Corpus Sweeping generalizations then emerge from these distortions so that they look like an image reflected from amagnifyingmirror. From theCambridge English Corpus Self-concept change and self-presentation : the looking glass self is also amagnifyingglass. From theCambridge English Corpus To provide a thorough rehabilitation programme, analysis of target tests, accurate refraction and appropriatemagnifyingdevices with clear instructions are essential. From theCambridge English Corpus It is advisable, therefore, to use microsurgical techniques when anastomosing vessels of 1 mm diameter, ideally with the help ofmagnifyingglasses (over x3). From theCambridge English Corpus Seeds were observed daily in dim light through amagnifyingglass with a scale. From theCambridge English Corpus Fires broke out soon after the earthquake at midday,magnifyingthe disaster to catastrophic proportions and claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the ballad account reinvents official information,magnifyingany idiosyncrasies which might serve the needs of aesthetic effect. From theCambridge English Corpus The idea of investigating exceptional humans was regarded as amagnifyingglass for understanding human nature. From theCambridge English Corpus While the expert watched the louse through hismagnifyingglass, he himself, reduced to a part of an apparatus, was watched by the seeing eye of the supervisor. From theCambridge English Corpus The former effect is bad for the environment because it induces an expansion of the agricultural land area, thusmagnifyingthe initial effect of the environmental distortion. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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