transparent
英 [trænˈspær.ənt]
美 [trænˈsper.ənt]
transparent 透明的trans-,进入,穿过,-par,发光,透明,词源同 appear,apparent.
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transparent: [15] Etymologically, something that is transparent allows the light to ‘appear through’ it. The word comes via Old French from medieval Latin trānspārēns, the present participle of trānspārēre ‘be seen through’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns- ‘across, through’ and pārēre ‘show, appear’ (source of English appear).
=> appear
- transparent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin transparentem (nominative transparens), present participle of transparere "show light through," from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + parere "come in sight, appear" (see appear). Figurative sense of "easily seen through" is first attested 1590s. The attempt to back-form a verb transpare (c. 1600) died with the 17c. Related: Transparently.
- 1. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy.
- 我们现在正努力建立明晰的议会民主制。
- 2. He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions.
- 他以为他能用那些可以一眼看穿的鬼把戏愚弄人。
- 3. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
- 该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
- 4. The insect's wings are almost transparent.
- 这昆虫的翅膀几乎是透明的。
- 5. The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.
- 水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去.