英単語

transparentの意味・使い方・発音

transparent

英 [træn'spær(ə)nt; trɑːn-; -'speə-] 美 [træns'pærənt]
  • adj.透明な; 明らかな; 率直な; 理解できる

語源


透明な

trans-、~の中へ、~を通して、~par、光り輝く、透明な、語源的にはappear、apparentと同じ。

英語の語源


transparent
transparent: [15] Etymologically, something that is transparent allows the light to ‘appear through’ it. The word comes via Old French from medieval Latin trānspārēns, the present participle of trānspārēre ‘be seen through’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns- ‘across, through’ and pārēre ‘show, appear’ (source of English appear).
=> appear
transparent (adj.)
early 15c., from Medieval Latin transparentem (nominative transparens), present participle of transparere "show light through," from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + parere "come in sight, appear" (see appear). Figurative sense of "easily seen through" is first attested 1590s. The attempt to back-form a verb transpare (c. 1600) died with the 17c. Related: Transparently.

例文


1. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy.
私たちは今、明瞭な議会民主制を構築しようと努力しています。

2.He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions.
一目でわかるようなトリックで人を愚弄できると思っていた。

3.The poem 's comic allegory was transparent .
この詩の喜劇的な風刺法は明らかである。

4.The insect 's wings are almost transparent .
この昆虫の翼はほとんど透明である。

5.The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.
水は透き通っていて、魚が泳いでいるのが見えます。

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