transparent

adj.透明的;adj.易懂的;adj.坦诚的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
transparent (adjective)
1.
a) (1) having the property of light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly - transmitting pellucid
(2) allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as X-rays or ultraviolet light)
b) fine or sheer enough to be seen through - diaphanous
2.
a) free from pretense or deceit - frank
b) easily detected or seen through - obvious
c) readily understood
d) characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices clear
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
transparent (adjective)
1.
easily seen through
SYNONYMS:
crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid, see-through, transparent
RELATED WORDS:
colorless, uncolored; diaphanous, lucid, semitranslucent, semitransparent, sheer, translucent, transparentized; glassy, vitreous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
colored, dark, glazed, tinted; filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky ( smokey); dense, muddy, murky, turbid
cloudy, opaque
transparent (adjective)
2.
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
SYNONYMS:
apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
RELATED WORDS:
cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable; self-evident, self-explanatory; clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated; overt, undisguised; appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible; discernible ( discernable), noticeable, observable, visible; black-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-defined; clean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable; impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensible; cloudy, gauzy, gray ( grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommital, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vague; illegible, undecipherable, unreadable
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic ( enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
transparent (adjective)
3.
very thin and easy to see through
SYNONYMS:
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, see-through, transparent
RELATED WORDS:
peekaboo; clear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid; lucid, translucent; dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantial; colorless, uncolored
NEAR ANTONYMS:
opaque; cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky ( smokey); drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless
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