pellucid

/pe'lju:sid/

Thân thiện

The author's pellucid prose makes the complex topic accessible.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Transparently clear; easily understandable: Used to describe language, writing, or explanation that is exceptionally clear and easy to comprehend.
   • Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity: Used to describe a physical substance, like water or air, that is perfectly clear and transparent.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Clarity of Language):
  • Her pellucid explanation made the complex theory accessible to everyone.
  • The author's pellucid prose is a joy to read.
• Adjective (Physical Transparency):
  • We swam in the pellucid water of the mountain lake.
  • The pellucid air after the rain offered a stunning view of the valley.

Advanced Usage

• "Pellucid clarity": An emphatic phrase highlighting extreme clearness, though somewhat redundant.
  • The documentary was praised for its pellucid clarity on a difficult subject.
• Used in literary or formal contexts to elevate description beyond simple words like "clear" or "transparent."

Variants and Related Words

• Pellucidity (n): The quality of being pellucid; clearness.
  • The pellucidity of his argument was undeniable.
• Pellucidly (adv): In a pellucid manner.
  • She explained the process pellucidly.

Synonyms

• Lucid: Clear and easy to understand; bright or luminous.
• Limpid: (Of a liquid) completely clear and transparent; (of writing or music) clear and accessible.
• Transparent: Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen; easy to perceive or detect.
• Perspicuous: (Of language or argument) clearly expressed and easily understood.

Antonyms

• Opaque: Not able to be seen through; not transparent. Hard to understand.
• Turbid: (Of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
• Muddled: Confused, not clear.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• While "pellucid" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, it is the type of word that might appear in phrases like "pellucid as crystal" to create a vivid simile for perfect clarity.
  • Her instructions were pellucid as crystal, leaving no room for doubt.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
   • writes in a limpid style
   • lucid directions
   • a luculent oration- Robert Burton
   • pellucid prose
   • a crystal clear explanation
   • a perspicuous argument
2. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
   • the cold crystalline water of melted snow
   • crystal clear skies
   • could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
   • lucid air
   • a pellucid brook
   • transparent crystal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• limpid
• lucid
• luculent
• crystal clear
• perspicuous
• crystalline
• transparent