| 单词 | untouchable |
| 释义 | untouchable (once / 11398 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY untouchable: untouchables, untouchably+/retouch: retouched, retouches, retouching/touch: retouch, touchable, touched, toucher, touches, touching/touchable: untouchable/touched: untouched/toucher: touchers/touching: touchingly, touchings USAGE EXAMPLES“We are touching the untouchables,” Ms. Caldwell said. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) When you first see him, you think that Scrooge is untouchable. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Robert, you've undergone some of the most famous physical transformations in movie history, in “Raging Bull” or the “Untouchables.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj not capable of being obtained untouchable resources buried deep within the earth Syn inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable unavailable not available or accessible or at hand 2adj beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek Syn invulnerable immune to attack; impregnable 3adj impossible to assail Syn unassailable inviolable incapable of being transgressed or dishonored 4adj forbidden to the touch in most museums such articles are untouchable Syn impermissible not permitted 5adj ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling Syn impure, unclean having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws 6n belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India Syn|Hyper Harijan Ishmael, castaway, outcast, pariah a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
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