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Opaque Made Difficult Language Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 əʊ'Peɪk] 美

英语单词 opaque
英美音标 英 [əʊ'peɪk] 美 [oʊ'peɪk]
中文释义 adj.不透明的;难懂的
英语例句 (1) This is an opaque cup.
(2) The window is made of opaque glass.
(3) The report was written in long, opaque sentences.
(4) Their intentions remained opaque.
中文例句 (1) 这是一个不透明的杯子。
(2) 这扇窗是用不透明的玻璃做的。
(3) 报告中的句子又长又难懂。
(4) 他们的意图仍然令人费解。
vocabulary简明 Use the adjective opaque either for something that doesn't allow light to pass through (like a heavy curtain) or for something difficult to understand (like bureaucratic gobbledygook).
vocabulary扩展 Opaque is from a Latin word meaning "dark," and that was its original sense in English, but it now means literally "not transparent" or metaphorically "hard to understand; unclear": "Some of his sentences are really opaque." It used to be spelled opake, which made the pronunciation clearer, but we then borrowed the more opaque French spelling. Come to think of it, English spelling is often pretty opaque, which makes it hard for learners of the language to master.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不透明的;不透光的 If an object or substance is opaque, you cannot see through it.
  • You can always use opaque glass if you need to block a street view.

    如果不想从室内看到街景,可以使用不透明玻璃。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]费解的;难懂的;晦涩的 If you say that something is opaque, you mean that it is difficult to understand.
  • ...the opaque language of the inspector's reports.

    巡视员报告中晦涩难懂的语言

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