| 单词 | imperceptible |
| 释义 | imperceptible (once / 1302 pages) adj If it's imperceptible, it's impossible to perceive with any of the senses. The world might be spinning, but it's imperceptible from your couch. Within the word imperceptible you see the word percept, which means "the object of your perception." Like impossible, the im in imperceptible means it cannot be perceived. Imperceptible is rarely used in the absolute sense of the word — it is usually paired with almost. Horton hears the Who but the tiny sounds of the Whos were almost imperceptible to everyone else. WORD FAMILYimperceptible: imperceptibility, imperceptibly+/misperceive: misperceived, misperceives/perceivable: perceivably, unperceivable/perceive: misperceive, perceivable, perceived, perceiveed, perceiver, perceives, perceiving, perceptible, perception, perceptive, percipient/perceived: unperceived/perceiver: perceivers/perceiving: unperceiving/perceptibility: perceptibilities/perceptible: imperceptible, perceptibility, perceptibly/perception: perceptions/perceptive: perceptively, perceptiveness, perceptivity, unperceptive/percipient: percipients/unperceivable: unperceivably/unperceiving: unperceivingly/unperceptive: unperceptively, unperceptiveness USAGE EXAMPLESChelsea were oozing confidence and Conte was also at his most animated, slapping his thighs in frustration at imperfections that were imperceptible to most spectators. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Like her other theater pieces from the same period, including “Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom,” “Death” eschews any semblance of conventional plot. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) As Steinlauf blessed their efforts, the dollies rolled, about a foot a minute, so slowly the motion was almost imperceptible. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016) adj impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses an imperceptible drop in temperature an imperceptible nod Syn|Ant unperceivable inaudible, unhearable impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear impalpableimperceptible to the senses or the mind impalpablenot perceptible to the touch incognizable, incognoscibleincapable of being perceived or known indiscernible, insensible, undetectablebarely able to be perceived subliminalbelow the threshold of conscious perception unobservablenot accessible to direct observation invisible, unseeableimpossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye perceptible capable of being perceived by the mind or senses audible, hearableheard or perceptible by the ear detectable, noticeablecapable of being detected discerniblecapable of being perceived clearly faint, weakdeficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc palpablecan be felt by palpation perceivablecapable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing recognizableeasily perceived; easy to become aware of sensiblereadily perceived by the senses seeable, visiblecapable of being seen; or open to easy view |
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