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单词 vaporous
释义 va·por·ous
\ˈvāp(ə)rəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin vaporosus full of steam or vapor, from vapor + -osus -ous
1. : consisting or characteristic of vapor : having the form or nature of vapor
 < a vaporous substance >
 < vaporous consistency >
2.
 a. obsolete : causing flatulence
  < vaporous foods >
 b. : producing vapors : volatile
  < a vaporous paint >
3. : full of vapor : containing or obscured by vapors : foggy, misty
 < a vaporous atmosphere >
 < shady vales between the vaporous mountains — H.D.Thoreau >
 < faint beacon, vaporous in the rainy darkness — A.J.Cronin >
4.
 a. : ethereal, unsubstantial, vague
  < a score of vaporous twilight landscapes — Time >
 b. : filmy
  < vaporous silks >
 c. : consisting of or indulging in vaporings
  < such vaporous speculations were inevitable — Thomas Carlyle >
  < vaporous realms of conjecture and hyperbole — H.E.Clurman >
  < give himself up to vaporous dreams — Sherwood Anderson >
va·por·ous·ly adverb
va·por·ous·ness noun -es
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