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单词 diaphanous
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
di•aph•a•nous /daɪˈæfənəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. very sheer and light;
    nearly transparent:as diaphanous as a spider's web.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
di•aph•a•nous  (dī afə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. very sheer and light;
    almost completely transparent or translucent.
  2. delicately hazy.
  • Greek diaphan(é̄s) transparent (equivalent. to diaphan-, stem of diaphaínein to show through (see dia-, -phane) + -ēs adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ous
  • Medieval Latin diaphanus
  • 1605–15
di•apha•nous•ly, adv. 
di•apha•nous•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
diaphanous /daɪˈæfənəs/ adj
  1. (usually of fabrics such as silk) fine and translucent
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs transparent, from diaphainein to show through, from dia- + phainein to show

diˈaphanously adv
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