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单词 translucence
释义
translucenttrans‧lu‧cent /trænzˈluːsənt $ træns-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtranslucent
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin present participle of translucere ‘to shine through’, from lucere ‘to shine’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • translucent paper
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But beyond that intimate corner was a wall of translucent glass, giving an uninterrupted view of the mountains.
  • On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which material can be projected for convenient reading.
  • Saute garlic and onion until onion is translucent.
  • Some were no more than motionless translucent blobs.
  • These rocks also stirred with novel species of eyeless shrimp, white crabs, translucent sea anemones and large, pink fish.
  • This blown vessel has a body of translucent cobalt blue glass, with a casing of opaque white glass.
  • Upon those sturdy, well-defined bones the clear, even tint seemed translucent.
not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through:  Blue veins showed through her translucent skin.translucence noun [uncountable]
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