transmissive
transmissive — 形容詞
- transmissivepositive
- more transmissivecomparative
- most transmissivesuperlative
1. having the ability to allow something — such as light, heat, sound, or electrica
傳送的
能讓光、熱、訊號等通過的
having the ability to allow something — such as light, heat, sound, or electrical signals — to pass through or move from one place to another.
Feng chose a transmissive coating for the laboratory windows to maximise natural light.
Feng 為實驗室窗戶選用了傳送塗層，以盡量引入自然光。
transmissive + noun (attributive describing a material or layer)
Copper wire is highly transmissive of electrical current and is used in household wiring.
銅線對電流具有高度傳送性，被用於家庭配線。
transmissive + of + [thing transmitted]
Camille tested the lens's transmissive properties using five different wavelengths of infrared light.
Camille 用五種不同的紅外線波長測試了鏡片的傳送特性。
Clear glass is far more transmissive to visible light than to infrared radiation.
透明玻璃對可見光的傳送性遠高於對紅外線輻射。
Ezra designed a transmissive filter that blocks ultraviolet rays while letting blue light through.
Ezra 設計了一種傳送濾鏡，可阻擋紫外線但讓藍光通過。
- conductive
more specific to heat or electricity; implies active carrier movement rather than general passage
- permeable
focuses on allowing substances to pass through a barrier; more common for fluids and gases
- transparent
only about allowing visible light to pass; narrower than transmissive
- non-transmissive
direct opposite; blocks rather than allows passage
- reflective
redirects waves/particles rather than letting them through
文法句型
transmissive + noun
transmissive + of + [thing transmitted]
transmissive + to + [medium]
用法筆記
Most common in scientific and technical contexts describing materials, coatings, or media. Frequently appears attributively before a noun (e.g. transmissive layer).
常見錯誤
2. able to be passed from one person, living thing, or place to another — for examp
可傳播的
可以從一處傳遞到另一處的
able to be passed from one person, living thing, or place to another — for example, a disease that spreads between people or a genetic trait inherited across generations.
The virus is transmissive through airborne droplets released when an infected person coughs.
這種病毒可透過感染者咳嗽時釋出的飛沫傳播。
transmissive + through + [medium/route]
Some genetic conditions are transmissive from parent to child even when neither parent shows symptoms.
有些遺傳疾病即使父母都沒有症狀，仍可從父母傳播給子女。
transmissive + from + [source] + to + [recipient]
Dr. Okoro traced how the bacterial strain was transmissive from hospital patients to their family members.
Okoro 醫師追蹤了該細菌菌株如何從住院病人傳播給他們的家人。
The fur-colour trait in Quan's lab mice is transmissive only when both parents carry the recessive gene.
Quan 實驗室小鼠的毛色特質只有在父母雙方都帶有隱性基因時才具有可傳播性。
Megan avoided contact with the patient because the skin infection was highly transmissive.
Megan 避免接觸該病患，因為那皮膚感染的傳播力很強。
- transmissible
the more common synonym in medicine; nearly identical meaning but far more frequent
- communicable
restricted to diseases that spread between people; narrower than transmissive
- hereditary
limited to genetic transmission from parent to offspring; a subset of transmissive
- non-transmissible
direct opposite; cannot be passed from one to another
文法句型
transmissive + from + [source] + to + [recipient]
transmissive + through + [medium]
用法筆記
More common in medical, biological, and social-science writing than in everyday speech. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 describes something that performs transmission; sense 2 describes something that CAN be transmitted.