词为我用 - pellucid

词汇释义

pellucid  TEM8  GRE

UK  /pəˈluː.sɪd/ US  /pəˈluː.sɪd/

adj, Something that is pellucid is extremely clear.透明的，清澈的

外刊例句

1. Bagehot's vocabulary is certainly pellucid, in that the words mean exactly what he intends, unlike the mysterious utterances of adolescents or the various impenetrable professional jargons of today.Hilary Potts LondonSIR – I was intrigued by the absence of "rebarbative", "jejune" and "ineluctable" from the reader's "Concise Oxford English Dictionary".(The Economist)

2. The other is the symbolism of transparent, bright images that are logical and which form a pellucid part of an exfoliating narrative the symbolism of Flaubert and of the Joyce of "Ulysses".(The Economist)

3. It is thought to be inadvisable to spend more than two hours contemplating its pellucid waters.(The Economist)

词汇搭配

pellucid eyes, water

词汇来源

"transparent, translucent, admitting the passage of light," 1610s, from Latin pellucidus "transparent," from pellucere "shine through," from per- "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + lucere "to shine" (from suffixed form of PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness"). Related: Pellucidly; pellucidity.

近义词

clear, crystal, limpid, lucent, transparent

反义词

cloudy, opaque, unclear, vague, ambiguous

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