unutterable

英 [ʌn'ʌtərəbl] 美 [ʌn'ʌtərəbl]

• adj. 难以言表的；说不出的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. too sacred to be uttered;

   "the ineffable name of the Deity"
   

2. defying expression or description;

   "indefinable yearnings"
   "indescribable beauty"
   "ineffable ecstasy"
   "inexpressible anguish"
   "unspeakable happiness"
   "unutterable contempt"
   "a thing of untellable splendor"
   

3. very difficult to pronounce correctly;

   "an unpronounceable foreign word"
   "unutterable consonant clusters"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He has already gone through unutterable agonies.
   他已受了种种难言的痛苦。
2. He was silent, and I guessed at his unutterable depression.
   他不讲话了,但我猜他有满腔说不出的郁闷。

经典引文

• You are an unutterable nuisance, but I suppose you must have your own way.

  出自： R. Sutcliff

• He clasped Frank's hand with a look of unutterable sympathy.

  出自： E. Longford

近反义词

【近义词】

• indescribable 不能用语言表达的...
• unspeakable 不能以言语表达的...
• ineffable 无法形容的
• indefinable 难以说明的
• inexpressible 不能用语言表达的...
• unnameable 无以名状的
• unpronounceable 不能发音的
• untellable 不能说的