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

• The relief was indescribable. It was freedom after years of slavery. A great weight lifted from me.
  如释重负的感觉是难以言喻的。这是受多年奴役之后的自由。我卸下了一个重担。
• 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。
• There is an indescribable aurora in beaming old age.
  在喜气洋洋的老年有着一种无以名之的曙光。
• 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。
• The beauty of the lavender fields is indescribable.
  薰衣草田的美丽难以诉诸言语。
• 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。
• I told them your candy is absolutely indescribable!
  我告诉他们你的糖果实在是无法形容！
• Such time, the mood is indescribable.
  这样的时候，心情是无法形容的。
• 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。
• 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。