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Pellucid means very clear — so clear that light seems to go straight through, or a meaning is so plain you cannot miss it. A pellucid stream is water you can see the stones in; a pellucid explanation leaves no fog. It is a learned, rather literary adjective; almost nobody says it in the supermarket. Though actually, it is stronger and more “see-through” than everyday clear: it still carries a hint of light passing through, from its Latin pieces, through plus shining. In casual talk, clear or lucid will do the same job. Learn it so you can recognise it when a book wants to sound precise and a little elevated.
清澈的；明晰的（文雅書面語）
組成A learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus: per, “through,” plus lūcidus, “bright, clear,” from lūcēre, “to shine.”
同家族的字
- lucidsame Latin lūcidus, bright or clear
- translucentlight passing through; same luc- root for light
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pellucidadj/pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/
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literaryAllowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
- Blood to the naked Eye appears all red; but by a good Microſcope, vvherein its leſſer parts appear, ſhevvs only ſome fevv Globules of Red, ſvvimming in a pellucid Liquor; and hovv theſe Globules vvould appear, if Glaſſes could be found, that yet could magnifie them 1000, or 10000 times more, is uncertain.
- This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as VVater or Cryſtal of the Rock, and vvithout Colour; enduring a red Heat vvithout loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining vvithout Fuſion.
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literaryEasily understood; clear.
- Written in spare, pellucid prose, the book reads like a close-to-the-bone memoir.
- [Y]ou never receive me apart from the grammar that establishes my availability to you. If I treat that grammar as pellucid, then I fail to call attention precisely to that sphere of language that establishes and disestablishes intelligibility, and that would be precisely to thwart my own project as I have described it to you here.
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literaryOf music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
- Opera star [Giorgio] Tozzi sings with the richness of burnished bronze and [Sharon] Daniels complements him with her pellucid soprano.
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literaryOf a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
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archaicliteraryEasily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.
pellucidnoun/pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/
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obsoleterareliterarySomething which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object.
- A Pellucid is not ſeen, but percieved^([sic]) by the privation of Colour. So vve ſee not Air in Air, VVater in VVater, Glaſs in Glaſs, and every Pellucid in an equal Pellucid; and becauſe vve knovv they are not coloured, vve count them to be diaphanous, viz. that may be ſeen, or ſhone thorough.
- The true Aſtroites, vvhich in the ſun-ſhine throvvs out a briſk light radiating from one certain point, belongs to the claſs of Pellucids.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。