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单词 inscrutable
释义

inscrutable

adjective
/ɪnˈskruːtəbl/
/ɪnˈskruːtəbl/
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  1. (especially of a person's expression) impossible to understand or interpret
    • He was wearing that inscrutable look again.
    • Her face had become inscrutable.
    • inscrutable to somebody Unfortunately, this language is largely inscrutable to non-specialists.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInscrutable is used with these nouns:
    • expression
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin inscrutabilis, from in- ‘not’ + scrutari ‘to search’ (originally ‘sort rubbish’, from scruta ‘rubbish’).
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