We have only a diaphanous hope of success. 我们只有隐约的成功希望。
We are design the diaphanous line for our goods. 我们设计生产的产品,一向以精致的线条裁制而成,赢得了海内外客户的好评。
The diaphanous light casting on the sculptures and the dramatic installations of them form a special revelation of Canova's great works. 展馆中,神奇的采光设计与雕塑作品的戏剧性陈列构筑了艺术作品的解读与评析。
diaphanous
[ adj ] so thin as to transmit light <adj.all> a hat with a diaphanous veilfilmy wings of a moth gauzy clouds of dandelion down gossamer cobwebs sheer silk stockings transparent chiffon vaporous silks
Diaphanous \Di*aph"a*nous\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to show or shine through; dia` through + ? to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Diaphane}, {Diaphanic}.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. --Landor.
Naturally, at night these school girls blossom into blushing debutantes in diaphanous strapless ballgowns right out of the 1950s.
When the scene shifts to Juliet's bed chamber, diaphanous white curtains fall from the rafters.
Poynter, in 1885, had painted the young woman nude but he added diaphanous drapery after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and provoked letters from shocked viewers.