transmissive

transmissive — 形容詞

  • transmissivepositive
  • more transmissivecomparative
  • most transmissivesuperlative

1. having the ability to allow something — such as light, heat, sound, or electrica

1.形容詞C1
釋義

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.

例句

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]

常見搭配
  • highly transmissive
  • transmissive coating
  • transmissive layer
  • transmissive of light
  • transmissive to heat
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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

The cloth is very transmissive.
The cloth is highly transmissive of moisture.
'transmissive' is usually followed by 'of' or 'to' to specify what is transmitted.

2. able to be passed from one person, living thing, or place to another — for examp

2.形容詞C2
釋義

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.

例句

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]

常見搭配
  • highly transmissive
  • transmissive from parent to child
  • transmissive through contact
  • genetically transmissive
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞

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.

常見錯誤

The radio signal is transmissive.
The radio signal is transmitted.
Use 'transmissive' for the capacity to be passed on, not for the act of sending itself.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • transmissive to light
  • transmissive of heat
  • transmissive from parent to child