| 单词 | crystal-clear |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrystal-clear crystal-clear adj. extremely clear (in various senses of clear adj.); completely transparent; very bright or shiny; (of sound) pure; not distorted in any way; (frequently figurative) highly obvious; totally unambiguous; precise; cf. (as) clear as crystal at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] shireOE brightOE through-shineOE cleanc1040 cleara1400 transparent1413 crystalc1425 crystallinec1425 crystal-clear?a1439 pure1481 perspicuatea1500 beryl1508 through-shining1526 diaphane1561 thorough-seeable1562 pellucid1563 sheer1565 translucent1568 liquid1590 tralucent?1592 perspicuous1599 thorough light1601 diaphanic1614 diaphanous1614 perspicable1615 translucid1615 diaphanal1616 lucid1620 diaphaned1626 transpicuous1638 perlucid1647 dioptrical1760 dioptric1801 unconcealing1804 see-through1851 pellucent1886 pool-clear1924 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6402 God sente hym to staunche with his thrust From thassis toth watir cristal cleer. c1528 Everyman (1961) 27 Now the soule is taken thy body fro, Thy rekenynge is crystall-clere. 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice sig. B5 O vaile that Christall-cleere all-seeing eye. c1660 R. Carpenter Pragmatical Jesuit ii. iv. 16/2 The falshood of some these times, hath been Chrystal-clear in the view of Reason. 1733 G. Turner tr. J. P. Seip Brief Acct. Mineral Waters Pyrmont iii. 46 The alcali in our steel water is such a subtile earth, and of the delicate finest sort, which is disolved in crystal clear water. 1748 D. W. Linden Treat. Chalybeat Waters iv. 119 The Water remains Crystal-clear. 1841 J. R. Lowell Year's Life 112 Hers is a spirit deep and crystal-clear. 1845 R. Browning Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 15 Glasses they'll blow you, crystal-clear. 1887 Columbia Chess Chron. 23 July 128/1 And to Koelerius spake he, In accents crystal clear, ‘Stenibsius hath written That the King should move to here.’ 1962 Listener 29 Mar. 540/1 The Administration was never crystal-clear on exactly how we would massively retaliate with nuclear weapons. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 July 25 Yes I am getting a crystal clear picture on this new video phone. < as lemmas |
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