英语词汇“diaphanous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If a dress is so see-through that light shines through it, it's diaphanous. You could also call it "sheer" or "transparent," but diaphanous sounds much fancier.

If you want a classic example of diaphanous clothing, check out all those nineteenth century Romantic paintings of goddesses clad in lightweight gowns flouncing around in the middle of forests at night. Those gowns are diaphanous, and so are the fluttery translucent muslin curtains in your kitchen window and the gauzy tutu your little sister loves to wear. The Greek root, diaphanes, "see-through," combines dia-, "through," and phainesthai, "to show."

WORD FAMILY

diaphanous: diaphanously

USAGE EXAMPLES

With a diaphanous quality that places it somewhere between heaven and earth, the piece is addictive in its slipperiness; it grows more appealing each season.

New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)

Its dune ridges are outlined in a red the color of dried blood; its salt-dried underbrush is strangely diaphanous.

Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016)

Because the overhang eliminates the need for structural columns around the lobby, the exterior glass curtain wall will be almost diaphanous.

New York Times(Nov 25, 2016)

adj so thin as to transmit light

a hat with a diaphanous veil

Syn

cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous
thin

of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

单词	diaphanous
释义	diaphanous (once / 10620 pages) adj If a dress is so see-through that light shines through it, it's diaphanous. You could also call it "sheer" or "transparent," but diaphanous sounds much fancier. If you want a classic example of diaphanous clothing, check out all those nineteenth century Romantic paintings of goddesses clad in lightweight gowns flouncing around in the middle of forests at night. Those gowns are diaphanous, and so are the fluttery translucent muslin curtains in your kitchen window and the gauzy tutu your little sister loves to wear. The Greek root, diaphanes, "see-through," combines dia-, "through," and phainesthai, "to show." WORD FAMILY diaphanous: diaphanously USAGE EXAMPLES With a diaphanous quality that places it somewhere between heaven and earth, the piece is addictive in its slipperiness; it grows more appealing each season. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Its dune ridges are outlined in a red the color of dried blood; its salt-dried underbrush is strangely diaphanous. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Because the overhang eliminates the need for structural columns around the lobby, the exterior glass curtain wall will be almost diaphanous. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) adj so thin as to transmit light a hat with a diaphanous veil Syn cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
随便看	infrequent infrequently infrigidation infringe infringement infringement of copyright in front infructescence in full in full action in full swing infundibulum infuriate infuriated infuriating infuriation infuscate infuse infusion Infusoria infusorian inga Inga edulis Inga laurina ingathering