limpid
英 ['lɪmpɪd]
美 ['lɪmpɪd]
助記提示
limpid 表示『(液體等)清澈的,透明的』。該詞由拉丁語經法語流入英語,源自古羅馬甘泉女神林帕(Lympa),與醫學名詞「淋巴(lymph)」同源。lymph一詞才進入英語時表示「純水(pure water)」的意思,後來才表示動物體內無色透明的組織液。
中文詞源
limpid 清澈的來自拉丁語limpa,泉水,水仙子,詞源同lymph,nymph.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He thought the speech a model of its kind, limpid and unaffected.
- 他認為這一演講堪稱典範,簡潔流暢,清新自然。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In North China , however, it is particularly, limpid, serene and melancholy.
- 可是啊, 北國的秋, 卻特別地來得清,來得靜, 來得悲涼.
來自漢英文學 - 散文英譯
- 3. He has a pair of limpid blue eyes.
- 他有一雙清澈的藍眼睛。
來自辭典例句
- 4. It's only in those limpid eyes of hers that you see she's been through a lot.
- 隻是那雙眼睛,水汪汪的,裏麵似乎含了不少的東西.
來自漢英文學 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
- 5. There were no clouds , the sun was going down in a limpid, gold - washed sky.
- 天上沒有一絲雲影, 太陽在清澈, 鍍了金似的天空往下落.
來自辭典例句