irrepressible

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not containable or controllable. not-comparable,usually
    — [...] here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter [...]
  2. Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent. not-comparable,usually
    — The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings.

词形变化

more irrepressible comparative most irrepressible superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
irrepressibleness irrepressibly

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English ir-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English press
English repress
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ibilis
Old French -ibleder.
Middle English -ible
English -ible
English repressible
English irrepressible
From ir- + repressible.
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