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crystal clear
crystal clear or crys·tal-clear (krĭs′təl-klîr′)adj. Absolutely clear; pellucid: a crystal clear sky; gave me crystal clear directions.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | crystal clear - transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"pellucid, transparent, limpid, crystalline, lucidclear - allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean" | | 2. | crystal clear - (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"lucid, luculent, perspicuous, pellucid, limpidlanguage, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"clear - readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature" |
crystal clear or crystal-clear adjective1. Readily seen, perceived, or understood:apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, observable, obvious, patent, plain, pronounced, visible.2. Free from what obscures or dims:clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, transparent.3. Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen:clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, translucent, transparent.Translationscrystal (ˈkristl) noun1. a small part of a solid substance (eg salt or ice) which has a regular shape. 結晶體 结晶体2. a special kind of very clear glass. This bowl is made of crystal. 水晶玻璃 水晶玻璃ˈcrystalline (-lain) adjective (of minerals etc) formed into crystals. Salt is a crystalline substance. 結晶狀的 结晶状的ˈcrystallize, ˈcrystallise verb1. to form (into) crystals. He crystallized the salt from the sea water. 使結晶 使结晶2. to cover with a coating of sugar crystals. crystallized fruits. 給(水果等)裹上糖衣 给(水果等)裹上糖屑 3. to make or become definite or clear. He tried to crystallize his ideas. 具體化 具体化ˌcrystalliˈzation, ˌcrystalliˈsation noun 結晶 结晶crystal ball a glass ball used in fortune-telling. (算命用的)水晶球 (用于算命的)水晶球 crystal clear absolutely clear. My instructions were crystal clear. 非常清楚 很清楚crystal clear
be crystal clear1. Of a thing or image, to be strikingly clear or clean. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The skies at the top of the mountain were just crystal clear.2. Of information or communication, to be very easy to understand and not vague or ambiguous. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Yep, it's crystal clear." A good lecturer is crystal-clear in class, but a great one makes the lessons engaging too.See also: clear, crystalcrystal clear1. Of a thing or image, strikingly clear or clean. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The crystal-clear skies at the top of the mountain afforded a spectacular view of the whole state down below.2. Of information or communication, very easy to understand; not vague or ambiguous. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Crystal clear." A good lecturer provides crystal-clear lessons in class, but a great one makes them engaging.See also: clear, crystalcrystal clear 1 completely transparent and unclouded. 2 unambiguous; easily understood.See also: clear, crystalˌcrystal ˈclear very easy to understand; completely obvious: After Anne was late for the third time in a week, her boss made it crystal clear that it must not happen again. OPPOSITE: (as) clear as mudSee also: clear, crystalcrystal clearTransparently obvious. This simile (clear as crystal) dates from biblical times. In the Book of Revelation the writer describes the great city of Jerusalem as “having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal” (21:11). The term appealed to numerous medieval poets and crops up in their ballads. By the time Dickens (in Edwin Drood, 1870) and Arthur Conan Doyle (in The Resident Patient, 1893) used it, it was a cliché.See also: clear, crystalEncyclopediaSeecrystalcrystal clear
Synonyms for crystal clearadj readily seen, perceived, or understoodSynonyms- apparent
- clear
- clear-cut
- distinct
- evident
- manifest
- noticeable
- observable
- obvious
- patent
- plain
- pronounced
- visible
adj free from what obscures or dimsSynonyms- clear
- crystalline
- limpid
- lucid
- pellucid
- see-through
- transparent
adj admitting light so that objects beyond can be seenSynonyms- clear
- crystalline
- limpid
- lucid
- pellucid
- see-through
- translucent
- transparent
Synonyms for crystal clearadj transmitting lightSynonyms- pellucid
- transparent
- limpid
- crystalline
- lucid
Related Wordsadj (of language) transparently clearSynonyms- lucid
- luculent
- perspicuous
- pellucid
- limpid
Related Words- language
- linguistic communication
- clear
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