Phrase
crystal clear
十分清晰的；清澈透明的；明白无误的
Completely clear; easy to understand, or transparent and without impurities.
- 1.
Completely clear (in various senses).
完全清晰；十分清楚；明白无误。
完全清晰；十分清楚；明白无误。；完全透明的；<喻>极其明白
In use
The water in the lake was crystal clear.
After the teacher's explanation, the concept became crystal clear to everyone.
The instructions on the package are crystal clear, so you shouldn't have any trouble assembling it.
be crystal clear
用于描述事物或信息极其清晰易懂。
The explanation was crystal clear.
这个解释非常清楚。
crystal clear [noun]
直接修饰名词，表示极其清澈或清晰。
We could see the fish in the crystal clear water.
我们能看见清澈见底的水中的鱼。
make it crystal clear that...
后接that从句，强调某事被明确说明。
The manager made it crystal clear that punctuality is expected.
经理明确表示，准时是基本要求。
Common mistakes
The instructions were very crystal clear.The instructions were crystal clear.
“crystal clear”本身已表示“非常清晰”，再用“very”造成语义冗余。去掉“very”即可。
He made his point crystal clearly.He made his point crystal clear.
“crystal clear”是形容词短语，不能修饰动词。应使用形容词形式作宾语补足语，即“make something crystal clear”。
Connections
Confusing words
- clear
- 清晰的，清楚的 · clear仅表示清晰，而crystal clear强调极其清晰或完全透明
- transparent
- 透明的，显而易见的 · transparent侧重物质透明或过程公开，crystal clear更常用于比喻意义
Word family
- crystalline
- 水晶般的；晶莹的；清澈的 · adjective
- crystallize
- 使结晶；使（想法、计划等）变得明确具体 · verb
- crystallization
- 结晶；结晶过程；具体化 · noun
- clearly
- 清楚地；明白地；显然 · adverb
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常用作表语或定语，不用于比较级。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.