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

• 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 sadness had come over Huei-fang these last few days.
  四小姐这无名的惆怅也是最近三四天内才有的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
• It is that indefinable charm which is to a woman what perfume is to the flower and flavor to the fruit, for the beauty of either is not the only quality we seek.
  而这种娇柔对于一个女人，正好象香气对于花和美味对于果子一样，美并不是我们对于花和果所要求的唯一的东西。
• A kind of something indefinable hit me, I suddenly thought of even stray and am not qualified, while the tears poured.
  有种说不清的说不清的东西袭击着我，我突然想到甚至连流浪的资格都没有了，而失声痛哭。