| 单词 | perceptible |
| 释义 | per·cep·ti·ble 1. archaic < the soul … becomes more perceptible of happiness or misery — Thomas Green > 2. < rotating … discs, driven at speeds sufficiently high to eliminate all perceptible flicker — F.A.Geldard > < something strange was in the air, perceptible to a little boy but utterly beyond his understanding — H.G.Wells > < a perceptible trend … away from dairying — E.C.Higbee > Synonyms: < out of the stillness, little scarcely perceptible noises began to emphasize themselves — Mark Twain > < the traces left by ages of slaughter and pillage were still distinctly perceptible — T.B.Macaulay > or recognized by the intellect < greeted the idea with a perceptible lack of enthusiasm > sensible in its earlier senses applies to what is discerned by the senses as opposed to the intellect < our true ideas of sensible things do indeed copy them — William James > < the distinction between some elements of subject matter as rational and others as sensible — John Dewey > palpable applies to that which has physical substance < touch beauty as though it were a palpable thing — W.S.Maugham > or is obvious or unmistakable < carry, besides their palpable meaning, another which is veiled and more spiritual — H.O.Taylor > tangible stresses tactile quality or utilitarian value < free negative electricity, released from dense matter, disconnected from atoms, and finer and subtler substance than any which is tangible — K.K.Darrow > < a summer job at a national park offers many tangible advantages, such as fresh air and scenery > < a cloud, a pillar of fire, a tangible physical something — Jack London > appreciable refers to that which is distinctly discernible especially by the senses, or definitely measurable < the temperature of even a single day plays an appreciable and measurable part in determining the general health of the community — Ellsworth Huntington > < an appreciable pause fell … a pause that must have lasted fully a minute — Jack London > ponderable suggests especially what is bulky, massive, or of weighty importance < energy, at any rate kinetic energy, resists motion in the same way as ponderable masses — Albert Einstein & Leopold Infeld > < ponderable and powerful reasons peculiarly his own for feeling as he did — Hervey Allen > |
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