diaphanous

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothes & fashiondiaphanousdi‧aph‧a‧nous /daɪˈæfənəs/ adjective literary DCTHIN OBJECT OR MATERIALdiaphanous cloth is so thin that you can almost see through itExamples from the Corpusdiaphanous• Blake often stretches concepts with contentious boundaries into diaphanous holdalls.• Silver paint coating their exterior reflects heat in warm weather and contributes to the diaphanous kinetic appearance of the structure.• a diaphanous silk gownOrigin diaphanous (1600-1700) Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphainein “to show through”

单词	diaphanous
释义	diaphanous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothes & fashiondiaphanousdi‧aph‧a‧nous /daɪˈæfənəs/ adjective literary DCTHIN OBJECT OR MATERIALdiaphanous cloth is so thin that you can almost see through itExamples from the Corpusdiaphanous• Blake often stretches concepts with contentious boundaries into diaphanous holdalls.• Silver paint coating their exterior reflects heat in warm weather and contributes to the diaphanous kinetic appearance of the structure.• a diaphanous silk gownOrigin diaphanous (1600-1700) Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphainein “to show through”
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