pellucid [pəˈluːsɪd]
i. adj. easy to understand 清楚的/易懂的
s. lucent, lucid, luminous, translucent, transparent, transpicuous
a. blurred, muddy, roily, turbid
ii. adj. admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortionS 透明的
英英解析:
A sentence that teaches a new vocabulary word should always be pellucid, that is, its style and meaning should be easily understandable so that you can derive the definition from the sentence.
You may have heard the word lucid, which means clear. Both lucid and pellucid derive from a Latin word that means "to shine through." Pellucid water is clear, a pellucid sky is a particularly intense shade of blue, pellucid prose is writing that's easy to understand, and pellucid singing is clear and light in tone.(vocabulary.com)
助记:
pellucid 来自拉丁语pellucere,透过,光线穿过,来自pel-,整个的,来自per-在字母l开头词根前的异化,lucere,照耀,光照,词源同light,translucent.引申词义透明的,清晰的。
Lucidus is Latin for "clear," and "per" means "through," so "pellucid" means "completely transparent." Other words that share the clear Latin root include "translucent," "lustrous," "elucidate," "illustrate," and, of course, "lucid."
例句
1. She has a pair of pellucid blue eyes.
她有一双清澈的蓝眼睛。
2. They sat there watching the water of the pellucid stream rush by.
他们坐在那儿望著那清澈的溪水喘急流过.
3. The butterfly alights on my pellucid fingertip.
蝴蝶栖落在我透明的指尖.