impenetrable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person not openly given to friendship.
    — I should lose the reputation that I am gradually acquiring among our impenetrables here, were I to confess the excitement which I felt at the idea of entering his house—the house of that great general under whose command you made your first charge.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not penetrable. not-comparable
    — The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
  2. Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent. not-comparable
    — When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness.
  3. Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable. figuratively,not-comparable
    — Business jargon makes this document impenetrable—I can’t understand it.

词形变化

inpenetrable alternative impenetrables plural inpenetrable alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
impenetrableness impenetrably

词源

词源 1
From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.
词源 2
From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.
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