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

• 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。
• A sign that they are losing the sense of their criminality, and that they feel, even among thinkers and dreamers, some indefinable support which the latter themselves know not of.
  这说明他们已失去了那种自惭多罪的感受，并感到自己已在某些思想家和空想者中间受到一种说不上是什么的不自觉的支持。
• The indefinable pleasures that a bookshop supplies.
  书店给人的难以言喻的乐趣。
• Shi Jing ( below as Shi): I was influenced by progressivism, and I wanted to make something that was indefinable.
  史晶（以下简称史）：当时是受到进步论的影响，就是想做出一种无法界定的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
  她缺少那种难以形容的软弱的媚态。
• A strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has.
  不确定的异常兴奋；异常的空想；她的幽默感是多么不同寻常。
• 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。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。