easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention 易见的;明显的;惹人注意的 Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school. 玛丽的红头发在学校里总是很惹眼。 I felt very conspicuous in my new car. 坐在我的新车里,我感到十分惹人注目。 The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place. 广告都贴在了显眼的地方。 The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one). 这项活动至为成功。 Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture. 凸窗是他的建筑设计的一个显著特征。
Extra ExamplesIts yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous. 那婴儿的黄皮肤格外惹人注目。 The new building was rather conspicuous. 这座新楼相当显眼。 The stain on her dress was horribly conspicuous. 她衣服上的污渍太明显。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- conspicuous by your absence
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin conspicuus (from conspicere ‘look at attentively’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + spicere ‘look at’) + -ous.
Idioms
conspicuous by your absence