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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lim·pid /ˈlɪmpɪd/ adjective literary  CLEAR/EASY TO SEEclear or transparent 清澈的,透明的 limpid blue eyes 清澈的蓝眼睛limpidly adverblimpidity /lɪmˈpɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
limpidIt was a limpid, beautiful day, and she was a little bit in love.Studying you, I note your limpid gaze, felicitous expression your dazzling waist.Black shapes now appear against the limpid sky on the horizons!
Origin limpid (1600-1700) French limpide, from Latin, from lympha; → LYMPH
lim·pid adjectiveChineseSyllable
clear Corpus transparent or


limpid
limpid /ˈlɪmpəd, ˈlɪmpɪd/ adjective literary
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: limpide, from Latin, from lympha; lymph
clear or transparent:
    limpid blue eyes
—limpidly adverb
—limpidity /lɪmˈpɪdəti, lɪmˈpɪdɪti/ noun [uncountable]
     
THESAURUS
■ easy to see through
    clear easy to see through, rather than coloured or dirty: The table top is a piece of clear glass. | a clear liquid | The water was so clear that you could see down to the bottom of the lake.
    transparent clear - used especially about materials and solid things. Transparent is a little more formal than clear: Fill a transparent plastic bottle with water. | a piece of transparent film | Melt 2 ounces of butter in a large frying pan, and cook the onions until they are almost transparent.
    see-through made of a very thin material that you can see through - used especially about women’s clothes: She wore a black see-through dress.
    limpid literary clear - used especially about water or other liquids . This is a very formal word which is used in novels and literature: limpid pools | She gave her a golden flask of limpid olive oil.


lim·pidBrE /ˈlɪmpɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪmpɪd/ 🔊 adjective (literary) (of liquids, etc. 液体等) clear 清澈的;清晰的;透明的 SYN transparent limpid eyes/water 明亮的眼睛;清澈的水