单词	imperceptible
释义	imperceptibleim‧per‧cep‧ti‧ble /ˌɪmpəˈseptəbəl $ -pər-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES an almost imperceptible earthquake EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At first it looked empty, then he saw two small vessels, just short of the horizon, their motion imperceptible. It leaves us ghosts altogether imperceptible. Male and female are very similar in appearance; the male is slightly larger, but the difference is usually imperceptible. Suddenly, cued by some imperceptible signal, a thousand birds rise as one thing. The current, usually imperceptible, was making its presence known with little shreds of foam on top of the small waves. The result resembles a cyclist pedalling strongly into an equally strong headwind-and wobbling dangerously as almost imperceptible progress is made. To the innocent listener the form must be imperceptible, and bewildering in its lightning succession of perpetually fugitive events. When this imperceptible metamorphosis took place, it would not be long before another marriage was arranged. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► almost · For the beneficiaries the change would be almost imperceptible: for the losers it would be a heavy blow.· He was aware of an almost imperceptible withdrawing, more emotional than physical, a small delicate gesture of self-containment.· The result resembles a cyclist pedalling strongly into an equally strong headwind-and wobbling dangerously as almost imperceptible progress is made.· Nodules containing single worms are almost imperceptible, and the visible ones enclose several of the tiny worms as well as eggs and larvae.· It sounded all right, but was there something slightly odd about the tuning, some as yet almost imperceptible new thin whine?· An almost imperceptible wink as she passed him, a small flutter of the eyelid, showed she was learning.· Slight variations, then, are almost imperceptible.· A slow, almost imperceptible evolution is already taking place in the high street. Word family WORD FAMILYnounperceptionperceptivenessadjectiveperceptible ≠ imperceptibleperceptiveadverbperceptibly ≠ imperceptiblyperceptivelyverbperceive almost impossible to see or notice:  Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye.—imperceptibly adverb:  The daylight faded almost imperceptibly into night.—imperceptibility /ˌɪmpəseptəˈbɪləti $ -pər-/ noun [uncountable]
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