| 单词 | ineffable |
| 释义 | ineffable (once / 1918 pages) adj When you find something hard to express or difficult to pin down, it's ineffable. The feeling when you get a new puppy is ineffable — too strange and wonderful to define. You could call something "indescribable", but it wouldn't be quite the same as calling it ineffable. An ineffable feeling, for example, has an almost ghostly quality. You can almost touch it, but it slips away just before you do. The bubbles in a glass of champagne have an ineffable joy to them. The sense of sadness that you feel watching certain TV commercials is often ineffable: you simply can't explain it. You know that strange feeling of satisfaction you feel when you learn a new word? That's an ineffable feeling. WORD FAMILYineffable: ineffablest, ineffably USAGE EXAMPLESThey’ve both got loads of that ineffable “it,” and their charisma is usually more than enough to carry a film. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) They seem to be trying to touch something ineffable. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) Mr. Settis continually invokes Calvino’s notion of a city’s spirit, that ineffable thing that sets it apart from other places. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj defying expression or description ineffable ecstasy Syn indefinable, indescribable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable inexpressible, unexpressible defying expression 2adj too sacred to be uttered the ineffable name of the Deity Syn unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable sacred concerned with religion or religious purposes |
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