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单词 visible
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Definition of visible in English:

visible

adjective ˈvɪzɪb(ə)lˈvɪzəb(ə)l
  • 1Able to be seen.

    可见的,看得见的

    the church spire is visible from miles away

    教堂尖顶从数英里开外就可看到。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can't miss it - it's a bright, pinkish-tinted ‘star’, easily visible even near street lamps.
    • The horse, visible from many miles away across the Vale of York, is 340 feet long and 228 feet high, and covers about an acre.
    • It is visible for miles around due to its medieval tower, known by the locals as le tour Anglais.
    • Ana Cross stands proud on a tumulus, visible from half a mile away.
    • In the forty miles of landscape visible from the hilltop, those two towers were the only buildings in sight.
    • The day was super clear, yet York wasn't visible at 30 miles.
    • Towering above the frankly nondescript suburbs of a frankly nondescript town, the Big Swan stadium was visible from miles away.
    • But some of the park's neighbours have claimed the tower ride, which is visible from several miles away, is an eyesore and have called for its removal.
    • A towering cloud of black smoke flanked by soaring flames was visible for miles around, providing an awesome and menacing picture of the developing inferno.
    • It still was freezing outside, and the same mountains still were visible 20 miles to the east.
    • Newly-erected wind turbines on the Braes of Doune, Perthshire are visible 10 miles away in Bannockburn.
    • If sufficient, the firm is planning to build a wind farm of up to 30 turbines which, at 90 metres high, would be visible for miles around.
    • Smaller patches of oil were visible less than three miles from the north-western coast, officials said.
    • The memorial takes the form of two projected towers of light, which will beam from dusk until 11 pm, visible for miles around, a hologram of loss.
    • Under the agreement, children have also received Be Safe Be Seen accessories such as reflective bands in a bid to make them more easily visible to motorists.
    • Before you turn south note that north-west, about half a mile away and probably visible is Ana Cross, a tall, complete cross shape and a magnet for walkers and bikers.
    • The bikes were donated by resident's associations in Milnshaw and Laneside, and officers are easily visible with their bright orange uniforms.
    • An enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away.
    • The main gateway to St Jude's Shrine becomes visible a mile or so out of Omeath on the main road to Carlingford in Ireland's County Louth.
    • In the early nineties the quarry was an ugly eyesore on the local landscape with plant equipment visible for miles around and emissions of white dust across the local countryside commonplace.
    • With sails unfurled, Cosmos 1 will be bright enough to be easily visible to the naked eye.
    • More than 180 firefighters fought a blaze that melted cars and lorries, saw half the town evacuated and sent up a plume of smoke that was visible 15 miles away.
    • The flames have been burning a path across southern California, a combustible mix of hot air and nature's unquenchable rage visible for miles around and scarring everything in its path.
    • Some say it is visible 34 miles away on a clear day.
    1. 1.1Physics (of light) within the range of wavelengths to which the eye is sensitive.
      〔物理〕(光)可见的
      the visible spectrum
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, metals usually absorb rather than reflect the shorter wavelengths of infrared and visible light that are required for photonic circuits.
      • By the time they reach the Earth, many photons have wavelengths that are out of the range of visible light or are even too large to be detected.
      • The colour of a pigment is dictated by the way it absorbs certain parts of the spectrum that make up visible light and reflects others.
      • Light occupies a very small section of the electromagnetic spectrum, and visible light occupies an even narrower range.
      • What's the best technique for defining features smaller than a wavelength of visible light?
    2. 1.2 Able to be perceived or noticed easily.
      明显的,易察觉的
      a visible improvement

      明显的改进。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the end of the trials all mussels were examined for any visible signs of external damage such as chips to the outer margins of the shell.
      • As I admire the beauty of the Three Peaks from a distance I notice the visible scars of the footpaths, which is a testament to the erosion caused by thousands of walking boots.
      • This link need not be the most prominent on the homepage, but it should be present and easily visible.
      • The artery should be easily palpable or visible with transillumination.
      • In practice many basalts also contain easily visible crystals of feldspar, pyroxene, olivine, or amphibole.
      • A visible change was noticed in places where the public gathered.
      • Such damage might not be easily visible from a distance, but it is surprising how often a large number of small scratches ruin the look of a painstakingly crafted piece of jewellery.
      • They are easily visible on white painted walls and ceilings.
      • First-year pine seedlings, grown in the greenhouse in southern Finland, will set an easily visible terminal bud toward the end of the summer.
      • He said missing panels on the walkway would not have been easily visible to passengers.
      • But we are noticing a visible difference in the garbage we buy for compost.
      • The outline of the outer walls of the cottage is easily visible as a brace of teenagers scratch away at the earth.
      • She hasn't got a bad back or broken leg or some other easily visible form of injury.
      • The swelling protrudes and is easily visible; its blackish coloring gives the disease its name: the Black Death.
      • Lynn also suggests handrails on either side of the steps, and painting a white line across the top of each step, to make it more easily visible to those with poor sight.
      • In the illustration the water was clear, so each feature of the dugong was easily visible.
      • There is a sign for road users to say the crossing is not yet in use, but nothing to say this, easily visible, for footpath users!
      • Too many people leave windows and doors open or unlocked; leave attractive or valuable items easily visible; make the assumption that all will remain intact.
      • Vocal skill development is an interesting example, for there is no obvious visible or easily manipulable body part engaged in the activity.
      • ‘The cafe is at the front and easily visible through the clear glass frontages and so is a very open and welcoming environment,’ he said.
      Synonyms
      perceptible, perceivable, seeable, observable, noticeable, easily seen, detectable, discernible, recognizable, in view, in sight, on view, on display
      evident, self-evident, in evidence, apparent, manifest, transparent, plain, plain to see, clear, clear-cut, conspicuous, obvious, patent, palpable, tangible, unmistakable, unconcealed, undisguised, distinct, distinguishable, prominent, salient, striking, arresting, blatant, glaring, writ large
      informal as plain as the nose on your face, as plain as a pikestaff, sticking out like a sore thumb, standing out a mile, right under one's nose, staring someone in the face, written all over someone
      archaic sensible
    3. 1.3 In a position of public prominence.
      公众场合出现多的
      a highly visible member of the royal entourage

      皇家随从中一位露面很多的成员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • While one of the most visible public figures in Venezuela, Ms. Machado is sparing with details about her personal life, one of comfort and privilege.
      • Although she wasn't visible to the public the past few days, Harris said she and her staff have been working behind the scenes to help victims.
      • This visible public statement of solidarity could be seen as potentially very empowering for those participating in such events.
      • The role is to be visible to the public and keep an eye on infection control and cleanliness, working at the frontline and leading by example to achieve the highest possible standards of care.
      • As visible public citizens they actively promoted support for local farmers and seasonal produce.
      • The changing of demographics on TV and in other visible places for the public has given people the perception that racism no longer exists.
      • But most of its output was nothing like that: it was drab, ordinary, commercial style programming with no visible public service value.
      • Insisting he did not pay too much attention to polls, Mr Kenny pointed out that a great deal of organisational work had been done in the last nine months, which would not be visible to the public.
      • He's been a very visible public figure in this country, but he's not yet 60 years old.
      • A spokesperson for the airport managers said that while he could not go into detail, some measures would be visible to the public while others would not.
      • He has linked up with a building society to offer the Lifetime Account, a with-profits pension scheme with all the workings visible to the public - or almost all.
      • And finally, it must be asked: has Takahashi ever felt the sting of racism in her position as a high-profile visible minority media figure?
      • He is 16 years younger than Craig Brewster but there have been games in which it has been O'Connor who has been the more visible, prominent member of the partnership.
      • By 1824 enough states had opened the presidential election process to popular vote that there could be a visible measure of the public's opinion.
      • Whenever I start working on a new design for a website, I always end up shunning the old design still visible to the public, on the basis that it's soon going to become yesterday's money.
      • It is rarely visible and articulated in public, though.
      • Out there, high-end, multispeciality hospitals are going the extra mile to get visible at home and abroad.
      • By contrast, urban murals appear rarely on private homes, but rather on public buildings and highly visible enclosure walls.
      • But he is easily the most visible behaviorist, based on citation frequency and surveys of influential behavioral scientists.
      • If we have an allegation that is so visible to the public and the person is such a role model, then it seems to me only appropriate that we investigate that.
  • 2Relating to imports or exports of tangible commodities.

    (进出口贸易)有形商品的

    the visible trade gap

    有形商品贸易的差额。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The music has become one of America's most visible and vital exports.
    • Not only should this increase have shown up in visible stocks; it was not physically possible to store such a high increase in global oil inventories.
    • German wages are in fact too low, they argue, for if they were not, the country would not have a visible trade surplus year in, year out.
noun ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l
visibles
  • Visible imports or exports.

    有形进出口货物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Half British exports (visibles and invisibles) are directed outside the EU and the financial relationship with the United States is the most important of all.

Derivatives

  • visibleness

  • noun
    • In fact, the visibleness of stigmata is not necessary; some Saints who had visible stigmata prayed that they would be made invisible, so as not to draw attention to them, but that they still kept the suffering associated with them.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Unique articles are imperative as they progress a website's visibleness on the Internet.
      • In authorship articles for the web, your chief concern would be in gaining as much visibleness as you can.
      • The store itself has a relatively inexpensive rent because the location isn't the most desirable even though it has a high visibleness position.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin visibilis, from videre 'to see'.

Rhymes

divisible, risible

Definition of visible in US English:

visible

adjectiveˈvizəb(ə)lˈvɪzəb(ə)l
  • 1Able to be seen.

    可见的,看得见的

    the church spire is visible from miles away

    教堂尖顶从数英里开外就可看到。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before you turn south note that north-west, about half a mile away and probably visible is Ana Cross, a tall, complete cross shape and a magnet for walkers and bikers.
    • It is visible for miles around due to its medieval tower, known by the locals as le tour Anglais.
    • In the early nineties the quarry was an ugly eyesore on the local landscape with plant equipment visible for miles around and emissions of white dust across the local countryside commonplace.
    • You can't miss it - it's a bright, pinkish-tinted ‘star’, easily visible even near street lamps.
    • Under the agreement, children have also received Be Safe Be Seen accessories such as reflective bands in a bid to make them more easily visible to motorists.
    • The day was super clear, yet York wasn't visible at 30 miles.
    • If sufficient, the firm is planning to build a wind farm of up to 30 turbines which, at 90 metres high, would be visible for miles around.
    • The flames have been burning a path across southern California, a combustible mix of hot air and nature's unquenchable rage visible for miles around and scarring everything in its path.
    • More than 180 firefighters fought a blaze that melted cars and lorries, saw half the town evacuated and sent up a plume of smoke that was visible 15 miles away.
    • Some say it is visible 34 miles away on a clear day.
    • The horse, visible from many miles away across the Vale of York, is 340 feet long and 228 feet high, and covers about an acre.
    • In the forty miles of landscape visible from the hilltop, those two towers were the only buildings in sight.
    • The main gateway to St Jude's Shrine becomes visible a mile or so out of Omeath on the main road to Carlingford in Ireland's County Louth.
    • It still was freezing outside, and the same mountains still were visible 20 miles to the east.
    • Smaller patches of oil were visible less than three miles from the north-western coast, officials said.
    • Ana Cross stands proud on a tumulus, visible from half a mile away.
    • With sails unfurled, Cosmos 1 will be bright enough to be easily visible to the naked eye.
    • The memorial takes the form of two projected towers of light, which will beam from dusk until 11 pm, visible for miles around, a hologram of loss.
    • A towering cloud of black smoke flanked by soaring flames was visible for miles around, providing an awesome and menacing picture of the developing inferno.
    • An enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away.
    • But some of the park's neighbours have claimed the tower ride, which is visible from several miles away, is an eyesore and have called for its removal.
    • Newly-erected wind turbines on the Braes of Doune, Perthshire are visible 10 miles away in Bannockburn.
    • The bikes were donated by resident's associations in Milnshaw and Laneside, and officers are easily visible with their bright orange uniforms.
    • Towering above the frankly nondescript suburbs of a frankly nondescript town, the Big Swan stadium was visible from miles away.
    1. 1.1Physics (of light) within the range of wavelengths to which the eye is sensitive.
      〔物理〕(光)可见的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What's the best technique for defining features smaller than a wavelength of visible light?
      • By the time they reach the Earth, many photons have wavelengths that are out of the range of visible light or are even too large to be detected.
      • However, metals usually absorb rather than reflect the shorter wavelengths of infrared and visible light that are required for photonic circuits.
      • The colour of a pigment is dictated by the way it absorbs certain parts of the spectrum that make up visible light and reflects others.
      • Light occupies a very small section of the electromagnetic spectrum, and visible light occupies an even narrower range.
    2. 1.2 Able to be perceived or noticed easily.
      明显的,易察觉的
      a visible improvement

      明显的改进。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lynn also suggests handrails on either side of the steps, and painting a white line across the top of each step, to make it more easily visible to those with poor sight.
      • They are easily visible on white painted walls and ceilings.
      • But we are noticing a visible difference in the garbage we buy for compost.
      • At the end of the trials all mussels were examined for any visible signs of external damage such as chips to the outer margins of the shell.
      • As I admire the beauty of the Three Peaks from a distance I notice the visible scars of the footpaths, which is a testament to the erosion caused by thousands of walking boots.
      • The artery should be easily palpable or visible with transillumination.
      • Such damage might not be easily visible from a distance, but it is surprising how often a large number of small scratches ruin the look of a painstakingly crafted piece of jewellery.
      • The outline of the outer walls of the cottage is easily visible as a brace of teenagers scratch away at the earth.
      • He said missing panels on the walkway would not have been easily visible to passengers.
      • In the illustration the water was clear, so each feature of the dugong was easily visible.
      • First-year pine seedlings, grown in the greenhouse in southern Finland, will set an easily visible terminal bud toward the end of the summer.
      • She hasn't got a bad back or broken leg or some other easily visible form of injury.
      • This link need not be the most prominent on the homepage, but it should be present and easily visible.
      • ‘The cafe is at the front and easily visible through the clear glass frontages and so is a very open and welcoming environment,’ he said.
      • A visible change was noticed in places where the public gathered.
      • The swelling protrudes and is easily visible; its blackish coloring gives the disease its name: the Black Death.
      • There is a sign for road users to say the crossing is not yet in use, but nothing to say this, easily visible, for footpath users!
      • In practice many basalts also contain easily visible crystals of feldspar, pyroxene, olivine, or amphibole.
      • Vocal skill development is an interesting example, for there is no obvious visible or easily manipulable body part engaged in the activity.
      • Too many people leave windows and doors open or unlocked; leave attractive or valuable items easily visible; make the assumption that all will remain intact.
      Synonyms
      perceptible, perceivable, seeable, observable, noticeable, easily seen, detectable, discernible, recognizable, in view, in sight, on view, on display
    3. 1.3 In a position of public prominence.
      公众场合出现多的
      a highly visible member of the royal entourage

      皇家随从中一位露面很多的成员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is 16 years younger than Craig Brewster but there have been games in which it has been O'Connor who has been the more visible, prominent member of the partnership.
      • It is rarely visible and articulated in public, though.
      • The changing of demographics on TV and in other visible places for the public has given people the perception that racism no longer exists.
      • He has linked up with a building society to offer the Lifetime Account, a with-profits pension scheme with all the workings visible to the public - or almost all.
      • By 1824 enough states had opened the presidential election process to popular vote that there could be a visible measure of the public's opinion.
      • Out there, high-end, multispeciality hospitals are going the extra mile to get visible at home and abroad.
      • This visible public statement of solidarity could be seen as potentially very empowering for those participating in such events.
      • And finally, it must be asked: has Takahashi ever felt the sting of racism in her position as a high-profile visible minority media figure?
      • If we have an allegation that is so visible to the public and the person is such a role model, then it seems to me only appropriate that we investigate that.
      • While one of the most visible public figures in Venezuela, Ms. Machado is sparing with details about her personal life, one of comfort and privilege.
      • A spokesperson for the airport managers said that while he could not go into detail, some measures would be visible to the public while others would not.
      • But most of its output was nothing like that: it was drab, ordinary, commercial style programming with no visible public service value.
      • The role is to be visible to the public and keep an eye on infection control and cleanliness, working at the frontline and leading by example to achieve the highest possible standards of care.
      • By contrast, urban murals appear rarely on private homes, but rather on public buildings and highly visible enclosure walls.
      • Although she wasn't visible to the public the past few days, Harris said she and her staff have been working behind the scenes to help victims.
      • But he is easily the most visible behaviorist, based on citation frequency and surveys of influential behavioral scientists.
      • Insisting he did not pay too much attention to polls, Mr Kenny pointed out that a great deal of organisational work had been done in the last nine months, which would not be visible to the public.
      • As visible public citizens they actively promoted support for local farmers and seasonal produce.
      • Whenever I start working on a new design for a website, I always end up shunning the old design still visible to the public, on the basis that it's soon going to become yesterday's money.
      • He's been a very visible public figure in this country, but he's not yet 60 years old.
  • 2Relating to imports or exports of tangible commodities.

    (进出口贸易)有形商品的

    the visible trade gap

    有形商品贸易的差额。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • German wages are in fact too low, they argue, for if they were not, the country would not have a visible trade surplus year in, year out.
    • The music has become one of America's most visible and vital exports.
    • Not only should this increase have shown up in visible stocks; it was not physically possible to store such a high increase in global oil inventories.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin visibilis, from videre ‘to see’.

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