| 单词 | translucent |
| 释义 | translucent (once / 3602 pages) adj A translucent material lets light pass through, but objects on the other side can't be seen clearly. Think Shrinky Dinks or stained glass. In contrast, a transparent material allows you to clearly see the objects on the other side. Frosted glass is translucent, and regular glass is transparent. But opaque glass doesn't let any light through at all, and so you can't see through it. The adjective translucent is from Latin translucens, from translucere "to shine through." WORD FAMILYtranslucent: translucence, translucency, translucently+/translucency: translucencies USAGE EXAMPLESImmediately add shallot and garlic and stir for 3-4 minutes, or until the shallot is translucent and beginning to brown around the edges. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Treasures are placed into a translucent window box opened from the inside by a shopkeeper. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Lanteri installed translucent light fixtures throughout the Mott home so that the fixtures themselves wouldn’t obstruct views of the surrounding space. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) adj allowing light to pass through diffusely translucent amber Syn semitransparent clear allowing light to pass through |
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