nebulous

a. 星云的, 星云状的, 朦胧的

发音

UK /ˈnɛbjʊləs/
US /ˈnɛbjʊləs/
US

词形变化

more nebulous 比较级 most nebulous 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados An electric lantern flashed out and centred its circle of brilliance on the stairs opposite. Its radiance pierced the nebulous balloon of violet smoke that was rising to the roof and brought out every detail of the wall beyond.

  2. 2.

    Vague or ill-defined.

  3. 3.

    Relating to a nebula or nebulae.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

cloudy nebular nebulose unfixed

近义相关 2

indistinct indefinite

词源

From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). Cognates *Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) *German Nebel **Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”) *Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”) by surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.

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