ineffable

a. 无法形容的, 不可言喻的, 避讳的

发音

UK /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/
US /ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/
AU

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.

  2. 2.

    Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

unspeakable indescribable unutterable indefinable unnameable untellable

近义相关 3

sacred inexpressible unexpressible

相关短语

Ineffable Husbands

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Italic *fāōr Latin for Latin effārī, effor Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin effābilis Latin ineffābilislbor. Middle French ineffablebor. English ineffable Borrowed from Middle French ineffable, a learned borrowing from Latin ineffābilis, from in- + effābilis.

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