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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary lu·cid ETYMOLOGY Latin lucidus, from lucēre DATE 1591 1. a. suffused with light : luminous b. translucent snorkeling in the lucid sea 2. having full use of one's faculties : sane 3. clear to the understanding : intelligible Synonyms: see clear • lu·cid·ly adverb • lu·cid·ness noun English Etymology lucid 1591, "bright, shining," from L. lucidus "light, bright, clear," from lucere "to shine," from lux (gen. lucis) "light," from PIE base *leuk- "to shine, be bright" (see light (n.)). Sense of "easy to understand" first recorded 1786. Lucid interval "period of calm or temporary sanity" (1581) is from M.L. lucida intervalla (pl.), which was common in medieval Eng. legal documents (cf. non est compos mentis, sed gaudet lucidis intervallis). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 lucid lucid / 5lu:sid / adjective1. clearly expressed; easy to understand 表达清楚的；易懂的 SYN clear :
a lucid style / explanation 明白易懂的风格；清楚的解释 2. able to think clearly, especially during or after a period of illness or confusion (尤指生病期间或病瘉后,糊涂状态中或过后)头脑清晰的,清醒的: In a rare lucid moment, she looked at me and smiled. 在难得清醒的时刻,她看看我,对我笑笑。 • lu·cid·ity / lu:5sidEti / noun [U] • lu·cid·ly adv. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: BRIGHT 1, beaming, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent 2 Synonyms: SANE 2, all there, compos mentis, normal, right 3 Synonyms: UNDERSTANDABLE , apprehensible, comprehendible, comprehensible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, luminous 4 Synonyms: CLEAR 4, clear-cut, crystal, luminous, pellucid, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred Contrasted Words: dusky, gloomy, murky; muddy, turbid Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: lucid interval lu·cid \ˈlüsə̇d\ adjective Etymology: Latin lucidus; akin to Latin lucēre to shine — more at light 1. a. : suffused with light : bright , luminous , radiant < satellites burning in a lucid ring — William Wordsworth > < wrap the hills from feet to flank in lucid haze — J.A.Symonds > < the lamps … seemed dim in that lucid twilight — C.P.Snow > b. : penetrated with light : translucent < descended into the valleys to bathe in lucid streams — Elinor Wylie > < rain hit on the windshield, the fine lucid drops moving back slowly — H.D.Skidmore > 2. : having, manifesting, or marked by full use of one's faculties : oriented , rational , sane < seemed to recover himself, for a lucid gleam came into his eyes — Jack London > < his lucid hours — W.M.Thackeray > 3. : clear to the understanding : readily intelligible : lacking ambiguity < his style is lucid and he always makes his meaning clear — A.S.Hornby > < far more persuasive and lucid as a speaker than as a writer — A.J.Toynbee > < the lucid exactness of the epithets — J.L.Lowes > Synonyms: see clear |
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