indescribable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbl]

adj.  难以形容的; 无法言传的

BNC.20141 / COCA.21007

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以形容的；无法言传的
  so extreme or unusual it is almost impossible to describe
  1. The pain was indescribable.
     疼痛得无法形容。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 难以形容的;无法描述的
  You useindescribableto emphasize that a quality or condition is very intense or extreme, and therefore cannot be properly described.
  1. ...her indescribable joy when it was confirmed her son was alive...
     儿子活着的消息得到确认后她难以形容的喜悦
  2. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
     下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。

英英释义

adj

• 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:indefinableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable

双语例句

• His letters had caused her an indescribable thrill, the sight of his handwriting had made her tremble.
  他的一封封信在她心里激起了一层层波浪，看见他的笔迹使她浑身震颤。
• The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
  下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。
• It was with indescribable relief that I received the news that President Roosevelt had been re-elected.
  当我得到罗斯福总统再度当选的消息后，我的欣慰之情真是难以形容。
• He bore upon his brow the indescribable reflection of a light which was invisible.
  他额上反映出灵光，那是我们看不见的。
• The pain was indescribable when the horse kicked me.
  马踢我时的痛苦是难以言表的。
• An indescribable uneasiness pervaded all minds.
  盘踞在大家心中的是一种无法描写的不安。
• Among indescribable time of life, wishing you always return mother's side, even though only stay for a while, you will feel the omnipresent precious mother love.
  在难以描述的生命时光中，但愿你们经常回到母亲的身边，哪怕仅仅停留一刻，你们也会感受到无所不在的珍贵的母爱。
• I feel they are all equal because they are all equally adequate and inadequate descriptions of the indescribable.
  我觉得它们一律平等，因为其既适用、亦不适用于描述无可名状的东西。
• Even the actions he performed for the benefit of the common people are indescribable and beyond our imagination.
  即便是他教化普通民众的事迹也是无与言表，超出我们的想象。
• Often you will see the maddening adjective indescribable used to describe the event.
  你经常发现令人恼火的形容词难以形容被拿来描述其过程。