| 单词 | enigmatic |
| 释义 | enigmatic (once / 3401 pages) adj Something that's enigmatic is tough to figure out. It's puzzling and even mysterious, like those weird secret college societies, Mona Lisa's smile, or the New York Times crossword. It's no mystery where the adjective enigmatic comes from: It's rooted in the Greek word for riddle. Something that's enigmatic is obscure, unclear and not an easy nut to crack. Translating the Rosetta Stone, with its ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and mysterious foreign writings, was certainly an enigmatic challenge for the archaeologists that found it. WORD FAMILYenigmatic: enigmatically+/enigma: enigmas, enigmatic, enigmatical USAGE EXAMPLESFor a while, you may wonder if there is more to this enigmatic, epigrammatic movie than a string of clever allusions and linguistic puzzles. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) The final surprise may be served up by that most enigmatic of metals—gold. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) But Mr. Evans was also engaged in an enigmatic ritual of physical exertion and formal control. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj not clear to the understanding I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries Syn enigmatical, puzzling incomprehensible, uncomprehensible difficult to understand 2adj resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it an enigmatic smile Syn oracular ambiguous having more than one possible meaning |
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