Impenetrable
[ɪm'penɪtrəb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɛnɪtrəbl]
解释:
(adj.) impossible to understand; 'impenetrable jargon' .
(adj.) not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; 'an impenetrable fortress'; 'impenetrable rain forests' .
手打:温迪--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.
(a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
(a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.
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同义词及近义词:
a. Not to be penetrated, not to be pierced.
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同义词及反义词:
[See PENETRABLE]
校对:佩德罗
解释:
adj. incapable of being pierced: preventing another body from occupying the same space at the same time: not to be impressed in mind or heart.—n. Impenetrabil′ity one of the essential properties of matter implying that no two bodies can at the same time occupy the same space.—adv. Impen′etrably.
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例句:
- The way to the Secret lay through the mystery, hitherto impenetrable to all of us, of the woman in white. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Close around them loomed the impenetrable blackness of the jungle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Thus far, the true story of his life was an impenetrable mystery to me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I only got back from Ireland last night, said the Sergeant, coming round to the practical object of his visit, in his own impenetrable manner. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The strife still continues between impenetrable armour plate and irresistible projectiles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The contract completed, she raised between them a barrier impenetrable as a wall. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- It's perfectly useless, my Lord, attempting to get at any evidence through the impenetrable stupidity of this witness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Mr. Bruff opened it, with his papers in his hand--immersed in Law; impenetrable to Medicine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The thunder ceased; but the rain still continued, and the scene was enveloped in an impenetrable darkness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- She could not have known it, but she was being borne farther and farther into the impenetrable jungle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The paper over each window was impenetrable to light, and a blue curtain was drawn across the glass work in front. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Sometimes I endeavoured to gain from Frankenstein the particulars of his creature's formation; but on this point he was impenetrable. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Irresistible Projectiles and Impenetrable Armour Plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The streams were numerous, deep and sluggish, sometimes spreading out into swamps grown up with impenetrable growths of trees and underbrush. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I had reached the woman at last through the barrier of impenetrable reserve that she had tried to set up between us. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- No amount of questioning could extract a single answer of any importance from the lad's impenetrable stupidity. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But the words died under the impenetrable insolence of Bertha's smile. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- For several hours he traveled a little north of east until he came to an impenetrable wall of matted and tangled vegetation. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- From a great mass of impenetrable foliage a few yards away emerged Tarzan of the Apes to swing quietly in his wake. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The chaparral before us was impenetrable except where there were roads or trails, with occasionally clear or bare spots of small dimensions. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But not a star showed above--only utter and impenetrable darkness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Chocolat a la Vanille, cried the impenetrable man, cheerfully rattling the sweetmeats in the box, and bowing all round. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- So the ghostly figure which has haunted these pages, as it haunted my life, goes down into the impenetrable gloom. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- At other times I mean what I say, but at this time I mean what my wife says, replied the impenetrable Italian. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Lestrade had learned by more experiences than he would care to acknowledge that that brain could cut through that which was impenetrable to him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Processes for hardening steel, as the Harveyized steel, have given rise to a contest between irresistible projectiles and impenetrable armour plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- I recalled my impenetrable calm--and played it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
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