limpid
英 ['lɪmpɪd]
美 ['lɪmpɪd]
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