单词 | vapourous |
释义 | vapourous (once / 328315 pages) adj WORD FAMILY vapourous: vapourousness USAGE EXAMPLESIn a large vapourous cloud in the center of the visualization are pale pink dots on top and darker magenta on bottom. Scientific American(Feb 27, 2014) What bits are those they are champing with their vapourous lips, flinging off flakes of black foam? Ruskin, John, Frondes Agrestes—Readings in 'Moder...(2010) Before him the outline of the arch stood out with gloomy distinctness against a cold, lowering background of vapourous sky. Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips), Berenice(2010) 1adj resembling or characteristic of vapor Syn vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish gaseous existing as or having characteristics of a gas 2adj filled with vapor Syn miasmal, miasmic, vaporous cloudy full of or covered with clouds 3adj so thin as to transmit light Syn cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
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