英:[ɪne'fəblɪ]
美:[ɪne'fəblɪ]
英:[ɪne'fəblɪ]
美:[ɪne'fəblɪ]
adjective
incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
ineffable joy
unspeakable
ineffable disgust
not to be uttered : taboo
the ineffable name of Jehovah
Middle English, from Latin ineffabilis, from in- + effabilis capable of being expressed, from effari to speak out, from ex- + fari to speak — more at ban >entry 1
The first known use of ineffable was in the 14th century
inefficiencynoun
the quality or state of being inefficient
something that is inefficient
ineffectualadjective
not producing the proper or usual effect
an ineffectual attempt
ineffective sense 2
ineffectualadjective
not producing the proper or usual effect
an ineffectual attempt
ineffective sense 2
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffableadjective
impossible to express : inexpressible
ineffable joy
1 Park provides the most basic of original clothing: smocks, work shirts and utilitarian coats that have an ineffably chic essence.
2 In place of Horne's ineffably silvery soprano, McCann offered a deeper, darker, throatier sound.
3 Building ineffably toward a howling peak, the piece conveyed potent sensations of questing trajectory and philosophical intensity.
4 In fact, they more closely resembled the stuff you still see on playboys in places like the ineffably stylish Il Pellicano Hotel on the Amalfi Coast.
5 All that said, there was something ineffably comforting about that bottle of warm, claggy milk every morning.
6 Whether bearding the classics with hippity-hoppity horns or playing ineffably beautiful sustains on violin, cello and bass, ICP always offers something you didn't expect.
7 His ineffably elegant, tender-tough paintings on salvaged plywood, seen at White Columns in his first formal solo exhibition in New York, are a delight, one of the season’s sleepers.
8 She manages to give us a character who is both ineffably touching and yet has no heart.
9 Then the sound grows, divided as if by a prism into many lines, and the music embarks on a reluctant, ineffably tender descent.
10 Instead, without conventional segues, the performers pick up instruments, gather around microphones and move with the blessed synchronicity of people ineffably tuned into one another.
11 With direction from old pro James Burrows, “Will & Grace” proves that a good, old-school sitcom is still a worthy and engaging endeavor, depending ineffably on chemistry and timing.
12 And it is how Joey is summoned into being, along with an assortment of other animals, that gives this production its ineffably theatrical magic.
13 His unchanging expression is ineffably poignant — at once adamant and forlorn, male and female.
14 The effect is alternately informative, sobering and weirdly optimistic and ineffably touching.
15 Crowe nails every aria with a pure, peachy soprano that inhabits every phrase to ineffably touching effect.
16 With his puckishness and fast motor, he remains an almost ineffably appealing presence.
17 As the story progresses, there are violent explosions and simmering fogs of sound, out of which the voices emerge, emoting at their extremes but ineffably human, too.
18 “Unmasked” does not undo that image, but it brings to center stage the personality of an ineffably British bon vivant.
19 Hanging in the store, among the other ineffably appropriate Hermès wares, the timelessness and extraordinary fabrics will most likely rise to the fore.
20 It's a bit Carry On, a bit Ealing, quintessentially English, ineffably funny.
1 言语难以形容
2 说不出