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单词 transparent
释义 trans·par·ent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent-, transparens, present participle of transparēre to show through, from Latin trans- + parēre to be visible, appear, show — more at appear
1.
 a. : having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are entirely visible : pellucid
  < this plastic is more transparent than even high-quality plate glass — Harland Manchester >
  < the transparent or hazy air — Mary Webb >
  — opposed to opaque and usually distinguished from translucent
 b. : so loose or open in texture as to admit the passage of light : sheer, diaphanous
  < transparent velvet >
  < a transparent yoke >
 c. : translucent
  < transparent soap >
  < his transparent womanly hands — J.R.Green >
2.
 a. : free from pretense or deceit : open, frank, guileless
  < a man of such transparent sincerity that he is incapable of presenting a ghost-written speech — New York Times >
  < the most important quality in a teacher … is genuine and transparent truthfulness — C.W.Eliot >
  < the child's transparent countenance >
 b. : easily detected or seen through : obvious
  < embarked on an elaborate fraud transparent to the world — Otis Ferguson >
  < his writings … are so flat, so transparent, so palpably taken from the nearest authorities — H.O.Taylor >
  < the man's transparent fear of discovery — Luke Short >
 c. : readily understood : perspicuous, clear
  < a style of transparent clarity that needs no artifices to make it vivid — C.H.Dreier >
  < that part of the chamber music which becomes transparent only after study or explication — Robert Evett >
  < the art … so transparent in all of its effects that the need is seldom felt to analyze — Philip Rahv >
3. : pervious to any specified form of radiation (as X rays or ultraviolet light)
Synonyms: see clear
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