indefinable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

adj.  难以定义的; 无法解释的

复数：indefinables　

TEM8

BNC.21190 / COCA.26368

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以定义的；无法解释的
  difficult or impossible to define or explain
  1. She has that indefinable something that makes an actress a star.
     她具备了那种使演员成为明星的说不出的特质。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 难以确切表达的;难以确定的;模糊不清的
  Anindefinablequality or feeling cannot easily be described.
  1. There was something indefinable in her eyes...
     她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
  2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
     他的头不知为何有点晕眩。

英英释义

adj

• not capable of being precisely or readily described
  1. an indefinable feeling of terror
  2. an abstract concept that seems indefinable
  Synonym:undefinable
• defying expression or description
  1. indefinable yearnings
  2. indescribable beauty
  3. ineffable ecstasy
  4. inexpressible anguish
  5. unspeakable happiness
  6. unutterable contempt
  7. a thing of untellable splendor
  Synonym:indescribableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable

双语例句

• There's an indefinable air of tension in this town.
  这城镇里有种难以描述的紧张气氛。
• His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
  他的头不知为何有点晕眩。
• These words were uttered with an indefinable sound which startled the girl.
  这些话的口气有些暧昧，它使姑娘吃了一惊。
• What film can do as well as any essay is to convey indefinable foreboding, the feeling that something is somehow wrong.
  与任何小品文一样，电影所能做的是传达一种莫名的预感，一种有什么地方似乎不对劲的感觉。
• The boundary is not clearly defined. This borderline is indefinable. definite but not specified or identified.
  有明确的界限但没有确定、识别。
• It WAS the quality of it, the repose, and the musical modulation-the soft, rich, indefinable product of culture and a gentle soul.
  他爱恋她声音的悦耳、平和与它那动人的起伏&那是文化教养与高雅的灵魂的流露，柔和丰富得难以描述。
• An indefinable feeling of terror; an abstract concept that seems indefinable.
  说不清的恐怖感；看起来好像无法确定的抽象概念。
• She had that indefinable beauty.
  她浑身上下洋溢着一种美丽。
• Chinese contemporary art'is being formed and constructed by various enthusiasm and desires in China and overseas, but it is after all impalpable and indefinable.
  “中国当代艺术”在海外和本土正在被各种热情、欲望塑造着，但始终是不可捉摸、不可定义。
• The mode of expression_r, the tone and modulation of the voice, the choice of words, and certain other indefinable things distinguish him.
  表达的方式、音调的转换、遣词造句以及某种难以言表的东西会让他们与众不同。