trans·lu·cent
adjective/trænzˈluːsnt/
/trænzˈluːsnt/
(formal)- allowing light to pass through but not completely clear
半透明的 - The sky was a pale translucent blue.
天空隐约呈淡蓝色。 - His skin was translucent with age.
他因年老肤色有些暗淡。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranslucent is used with these nouns:- skin
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the Latin sense): from Latin translucent- ‘shining through’, from the verb translucere, from trans- ‘through’ + lucere ‘to shine’. - The sky was a pale translucent blue.