湖水清澈：clear的用法知多少

Your mind is like this Water , when it is agitated ,it becomes difficult to see ,but if you Allow it to settle , the answer becomes clear.

                                                                                                            ——Kung Fu Panda
你的思想就如同水,當水波搖曳時,很難看清,不過當它平靜下來,答案就清澈見底了.

                                                                                                            ——功夫熊貓

一、關於clear，你知道的用法有

adj.

1.清澈的

In the woods there was a clear spring with water like silver.

森林裏有一處泉水如銀的清澈噴泉。

2.清楚的，清晰的

Water melons with clear stripes are ripe and sweet.

條紋清晰的西瓜，瓜熟味甜。

3.明確的，明白的

I was clear that it should not have been done.

我確信那件事是不應該做的。

4.晴朗的，明亮的

The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.

天空晴朗，一點雲彩也沒有。

5.無瑕疵的

Her skin is smooth and clear.

她的肌膚光滑無瑕。

adv.

1.清晰地

The chestnut was in flower and the bells rang out high clear over her gables and cupola.

慄樹開花，鐘聲清晰地高高飄過山牆和圓屋頂。

2.完全地；整整

After that they drove clear over to St Paul.

之後，他們一口氣開到聖保羅。

n.

1.空隙，空間

v.

1.變清澈 [I]

The muddy river cleared gradually.

污濁的河流漸漸變清了。

2.使清楚 [T]

All the errors were cleared up which the extreme likeness between this twin brother and sister had occasioned.

這一對孿生兄妹長得非常像而造成的種種誤會都弄清楚了。

3.掃除，除去，清除，使乾淨 [T]

He detailed the third platoon to clear a path.

他派遣三排去掃清道路。

4.清（嗓子） [T]

He paused for a moment to clear his throat.

他停了下清了清嗓子。

5.結清 [I,T]

David will go there to clear an account.

戴維將到那裏去結清一筆帳。

二、詞義辨析：類似有“明顯的”意思的詞還有哪些？

apparent, obvious, evident, clear, plain, distinct, definite, manifest

這些形容詞均含“清楚的，明白的，明顯的”之意。

apparent強調顯而易見或一想便知。這個詞從動詞appear派生而來，故有時含有表面如此而事實上未必的意味。

obvious語氣較強，指極爲明顯，有目共睹，無需說明和論證。

evident指根據事實成爲顯然的。

clear普通用詞，側重清楚明白。

plain普通用詞，含義與clear很接近，可通用，但plain着重簡單明瞭，不復雜。

distinct較正式用詞，指輪廓的清楚或定義、含義的明確，不會弄錯。

definite語氣肯定，着重明白無誤，無可懷疑。

manifest語義較強，書面用詞，強調一目瞭然，暗示不要任何推論就一清二楚。

三、含有clear的常見短語

all clear

adv.解除警報的信號

clear away

v.清除,消失

clear off

v. 清除,擺脫,走開,消散

clear out

v.清除,<口>離開,把...清出

四、一起來玩個填詞小遊戲吧

The book is     , readable and adequately illustrated
這本書明白易懂，可讀性強，插圖豐富。