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

• His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
  他的头不知为何有点晕眩。
• She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
  她缺少那种难以形容的软弱的媚态。
• 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。
• She had that indefinable beauty.
  她浑身上下洋溢着一种美丽。
• Both bore languidly the indefinable burden of immaterial pleasures.
  他俩昏昏沉沉地承受着这种非物质的快感的无限重压。
• All at once, she experienced that indefinable impression which one undergoes when there is some one standing behind one, even when she does not see the person.
  她忽然有一种说不出的感觉：在自己背后立着一个人，即使不看，也能感到。
• To avoid a certain indefinable shame she felt at being caught spying about for a position, she quickened her steps and assumed an air of indifference supposedly common to one upon an errand.
  怕被人看穿她在找活干，让她感到一阵无以名状的羞愧，因此她赶紧加快步子，装出一副有事在身的那种人常有的漫不经心的神气。
• No sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves and indefinable longing and regret.
  美丽的落日总会引起一个更加绚丽的景象未及饱览便一闪即逝，并在消逝中给人留下不可名状的渴望和惆怅。
• The role of the manager is inherently general, variable, and indefinable.
  经理人的角色本来就是不断变化且难以描述的。
• Every now and then, an actor or actress manages to somehow channel the vitality of youth& that indefinable, natural, unprocessed glamour full of possibility and filled with anticipation for an endless future, Baz said of the 23-year-old blonde beauty.
  总有这样子的一些演员，他们能唤醒年轻人的活力，他们充满着自然和未经雕琢的魔力，前途不可限量。Baz这样评价这位23岁的金发美女。