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单词 transparent
释义

transparent

/tranˈspar(ə)nt / /trɑːnˈspar(ə)nt/ /tranˈspɛːr(ə)nt / /trɑːnˈspɛːr(ə)nt/
adjective
1(Of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen: transparent blue water fine transparent fabrics...
  • Specific wavelengths are absorbed as light passes through a transparent gem or is reflected from the surface of an opaque gem.
  • She whipped about, sending black curls dancing, and plastered her body to the thick layer of transparent material behind her.
  • They were made of a transparent material that allowed the warriors to see inside.

Synonyms

see-through, clear, translucent, pellucid, crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, glassy, glass-like, liquid;
unclouded, uncloudy
rare transpicuous
filmy, gauzy, fine, sheer, light, lightweight, thin, flimsy, see-through, diaphanous, chiffony, gossamer, delicate
2Easy to perceive or detect: the residents will see through any transparent attempt to buy their votes the meaning of the poem is by no means transparent...
  • Despite his transparent attempt to slip this out unnoticed, he has to explain why he apparently broke the law.
  • The entire ad is built around an entirely intentional and fairly transparent attempt to deceive viewers.
  • His frantic attempts, transparent and pathetic, to remould himself into something he is not compromised his dignity.

Synonyms

obvious, explicit, unambiguous, unequivocal, clear, lucid, straightforward, plain, (as) plain as the nose on your face, apparent, unmistakable, manifest, conspicuous, patent, indisputable, self-evident
rare transpicuous
blatant, flagrant, obvious, patent, manifest, undisguised, unconcealed, barefaced, glaring, shameless, brazen, bold, unmistakable, clear, plain, visible, noticeable, recognizable, distinct, evident, apparent, perceptible, discernible, palpable
archaic arrant
2.1Having thoughts or feelings that are easily perceived; open: you’d be no good at poker—you’re too transparent...
  • But it is too pat, and though he may joke about such transparent, easily reduced motivations, he clings too strongly to them.
  • It is a broad issue, first of all, about culture, about having an open and transparent culture, and about changing that culture.
  • Essentially, the conference founders are perfectly transparent and open about their perspectives, so I have only admiration for them in that regard.
2.2(Of an organization or its activities) open to public scrutiny: if you had transparent government procurement, corruption would go away...
  • The council had taken a decision on the gas in the best interests of the county and it was done in an open, frank, professional and transparent way.
  • However, so long as such activities are open and transparent, they will be subject to public scrutiny.
  • If the companies decided that the Government was not playing a fair game with them, and felt that there was no open, fair and transparent procedure, they would go somewhere else, he said.

Synonyms

frank, open, candid, honest, direct, forthright, unreserved, plain-spoken, straight, straightforward, ingenuous, innocent, guileless, simple, artless;
accountable
informal upfront
3 Computing (Of a process or interface) functioning without the user being aware of its presence.The process is transparent to the user, who clicks on a link on the host site and is transported to a shopping site bearing the original site's branding....
  • To the user this process is transparent, only the CPU knows in what order the instructions were actually executed.
  • When the server is configured to handle a page redirection, the process is transparent to the user and causes no problems.
4 Physics Transmitting heat or other radiation without distortion: CFCs and water vapour are virtually transparent to incoming short-wave solar radiation...
  • Since the disk is practically not absorbing - that is, transparent for fluorescent radiation - we don't encounter the problem.
  • Although the primordial plasma became transparent to photons after the universe cooled, the photons did not travel unhindered afterwards.
  • A first planar electrode layer being transparent is disposed on an inner surface of the first substrate.

Derivatives

transparentness

noun

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin transparent- 'shining through', from Latin transparere, from trans- 'through' + parere 'appear'.

Rhymes

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