Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Opalescent, milky: Describes a white color that is not clear or transparent, but rather cloudy, hazy, or having a milky, pearly sheen, like diluted milk or certain types of glass or minerals.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mặt kính cửa sổ trắng đục vì hơi nước. (The window glass is opalescent because of the steam.)
  • Nước ao có màu trắng đục. (The pond water has a milky white color.)
  • Viên ngọc trai này có ánh trắng đục rất đẹp. (This pearl has a very beautiful opalescent sheen.)

Advanced Usage

• Describing specific materials or states:
  • Trắng đục is often used to describe the appearance of liquids (e.g., water, sap), solids (e.g., certain types of glass, plastic, minerals), or surfaces that have lost their transparency.
  • Sau cơn mưa, bầu trời vẫn còn một màu trắng đục. (After the rain, the sky still had a milky white hue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đục (adj): Cloudy, turbid, opaque. While generally means opaque or cloudy, specifies a milky-white opacity.
• Mờ đục (adj): Dim, blurry, turbid. Emphasizes lack of clarity.
• Trắng sữa (adj): Milky white. Similar in meaning but often implies a purer, more uniform white like milk, whereas can imply a less pure, cloudier white.

Synonyms

• Opalescent: Having a milky iridescence like an opal.
• Milky: Resembling milk in color; cloudy white.
• Pearly: Having a lustrous appearance similar to a pearl, which can overlap with .
• Cloudy white: White and not transparent.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• (No common phrasal verbs or idioms directly use "trắng đục" as it is a descriptive adjective. It is used in straightforward descriptive phrases.)

adj

1. opalescent, milky