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va·por·ous
/ˈvep(ə)rəs/
(
a
.)霧狀的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Va·por·ous
a.
1.
Having
the
form
or
nature
of
vapor
.
2.
Full
of
vapors
or
exhalations
.
The
warmer
and
more
vaporous
air
of
the
valleys
.
--
Derham
.
3.
Producing
vapors
;
hence
,
windy
;
flatulent
.
The
food
which
is
most
vaporous
and
perspirable
is
the
most
easily
digested
.
--
Arbuthnot
.
4.
Unreal
;
unsubstantial
;
vain
;
whimsical
.
Such
vaporous
speculations
were
inevitable
.
--
Carlyle
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
vaporous
adj
1:
so
thin
as
to
transmit
light
; "
a
hat
with
a
diaphanous
veil
"; "
filmy
wings
of
a
moth
"; "
gauzy
clouds
of
dandelion
down
"; "
gossamer
cobwebs
"; "
sheer
silk
stockings
"; "
transparent
chiffon
"; "
vaporous
silks
"
[
syn
:
diaphanous
,
filmy
,
gauzy
,
gossamer
,
see-through
,
sheer
,
transparent
,
cobwebby
]
2:
resembling
or
characteristic
of
vapor
; "
vaporous
clouds
"
[
syn
:
vaporific
,
vaporish
,
vapourish
]
3:
filled
with
vapor
; "
miasmic
jungles
"; "
a
vaporous
bog
" [
syn
:
miasmal
,
miasmic
]
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