英语单词

limpid是什么意思

limpid

英 ['lɪmpɪd] 美 ['lɪmpɪd]
  • adj. 透明的;平静的,无忧虑的

助记提示


limpid 表示『(液体等)清澈的,透明的』。该词由拉丁语经法语流入英语,源自古罗马甘泉女神林帕(Lympa),与医学名词「淋巴(lymph)」同源。lymph一词才进入英语时表示「纯水(pure water)」的意思,后来才表示动物体内无色透明的组织液。

中文词源


limpid 清澈的

来自拉丁语limpa,泉水,水仙子,词源同lymph,nymph.

英文词源


limpid
limpid: see lymph
limpid (adj.)
c. 1600, from French limpide (15c.) and directly from Latin limpidus "clear," from limpa "water goddess, water;" probably cognate with lympha "clear liquid" (see lymph). Related: Limpidly.

双语例句


1. He thought the speech a model of its kind, limpid and unaffected.
他认为这一演讲堪称典范,简洁流畅,清新自然。

来自柯林斯例句

2. In North China , however, it is particularly, limpid, serene and melancholy.
可是啊, 北国的秋, 却特别地来得清,来得静, 来得悲凉.

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

3. He has a pair of limpid blue eyes.
他有一双清澈的蓝眼睛。

来自辞典例句

4. It's only in those limpid eyes of hers that you see she's been through a lot.
只是那双眼睛,水汪汪的,里面似乎含了不少的东西.

来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)

5. There were no clouds , the sun was going down in a limpid, gold - washed sky.
天上没有一丝云影, 太阳在清澈, 镀了金似的天空往下落.

来自辞典例句

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