| 释义 |
hydrophanous, a. Min.|haɪˈdrɒfənəs|
[f. prec. + -ous: cf. diaphanous.]
Having the property of becoming transparent by immersion in water, as certain opals.
1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 362 The oculus mundi, or hydrophanous stone, steeped in water..will..become by that means more transparent than otherwise. 1831Brewster Newton (1855) I. viii. 185 The colours of Labrador felspar, and of precious and hydrophanous opal, which we have shewn to be produced by thin plates and minute pores and tubes. |