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单词 translucent
释义 trans·lu·cent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin translucent-, translucens, present participle of translucēre to shine through, from trans- + lucēre to shine — more at light
1. : shining or glowing through : penetrating, luminous
 < the translucent rays of the sun >
2.
 a. : transparent
  < materials used … for making windows or other translucent objects — Notes & Queries on Anthropology >
  < the water was translucent, and I could readily watch from … the canoe what was going on — V.G.Heiser >
 b. : readily perceptible : clear, lucid
  < his way of teaching, his translucent exposition — H.O.Taylor >
  < an interpretation … amazingly delicate and translucent — C.G.Poore >
  < the early piano is beautifully translucent throughout its compass — Robert Donington >
3. : admitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be clearly distinguished : partly transparent
 < nothing could penetrate them except in the limited way that light penetrated translucent substances — Lewis Mumford >
 < the translucent skin showing the radiant rose beneath — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
 < translucent amber — Elinor Wylie >
Synonyms: see clear
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