| 单词 | impenetrable |
| 释义 | impenetrable (once / 1146 pages) adj Impenetrable describes something that's impossible to get through. Whether it's a brick wall or a difficult reading passage, something impenetrable won't let you in. Impenetrable comes from the Latin impenetrabilis, meaning "not to put or get into, enter into." Impenetrable, the adjective, has two meanings. When you're trying to learn a subject that is so complicated, so confusing or so detailed that it seems like it's in another language or from another planet, it's impenetrable — like calculus. Or a physical object can be impenetrable, meaning it is impossible to actually enter or get inside of, like that impenetrable nightclub that has bouncers watching every entrance to keep you and your friends out. WORD FAMILYimpenetrable: impenetrability, impenetrableness, impenetrably+/impenetrability: impenetrabilities/interpenetrate: interpenetrated, interpenetrates, interpenetrating, interpenetration/interpenetration: interpenetrations/penetrability: penetrabilities/penetrable: impenetrable, penetrability/penetrate: interpenetrate, penetrable, penetrated, penetrates, penetrating, penetration, penetrative, penetrator/penetrating: penetratingly/penetration: penetrations/penetrator: penetrators USAGE EXAMPLESThe two friends return, brokenhearted, to the dark, impenetrable forests of Thuringia. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Recent works are too many, rarely immersive and often either undeveloped or impenetrable. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) All of it leads players to ever-more bizarre, seemingly impenetrable line puzzles. Time(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj not admitting of penetration or passage into or through an impenetrable fortress impenetrable rain forests Syn|Ant dense, thick hard to pass through because of dense growth penetrable admitting of penetration or passage into or through 2adj permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter impenetrable gloom Syn dense, heavy thick relatively dense in consistency 3adj impossible to understand impenetrable jargon Syn incomprehensible, uncomprehensible difficult to understand |
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