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

• There was an indescribable flickering glow in his eyes, creating a fearsome and wholly unnatural effect.
  他的眼里射出一种无法形容的闪烁的光辉，给人以一种可怕的、完全不正常的感觉。
• This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is of an indescribable fascination.
  这种有机的加工过程往往达到不寻常自我发现的境界，具有难以言表的构思魅力。
• I told them your candy is absolutely indescribable!
  我告诉他们你的糖果实在是无法形容！
• 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。
• 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。
• These people live in conditions that are almost indescribable.
  这些人生活在几乎无法言喻的环境中。
• She's had two major operations and has lived a life of indescribable hardship.
  她动了两次手术，生活的艰难你真的不能想象。
• The beauty of the lavender fields is indescribable.
  薰衣草田的美丽难以诉诸言语。
• Monte Cristo looked upon Morrel with indescribable tenderness.
  基督山带着无法形容的怜爱望着莫雷尔。
• An indescribable uneasiness pervaded all minds.
  盘踞在大家心中的是一种无法描写的不安。