单词 | vaporous |
释义 | va·por·ous ![]() adj. 1. Relating to or resembling vapor: "They saw wild horses racing on the plain ... leaving in the moonlight a vaporous dust" (Cormac McCarthy). 2. a. Producing vapors; volatile. b. Full of vapors. 3. Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal: "the imponderable mysterious and vaporous illusions of twilight" (John C. Powys). 4. Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown: vaporous conjecture. va′por·osi·ty (vā′pə-rŏsĭ-tē), vapor·ous·ness (-pər-əs-nĭs) n. vapor·ous·ly adv. |
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