Indistinct
[ɪndɪ'stɪŋkt] or [,ɪndɪ'stɪŋkt]
解释:
(adj.) not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; 'indistinct shapes in the gloom'; 'an indistinct memory'; 'only indistinct notions of what to do' .
整理:凯蒂--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
(a.) Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
吉塞尔编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Indeterminate, undefined, indefinite, undistinguishable, confused, not distinct.[2]. Obscure, dim, vague, imperfect, faint, not clear.[3]. Ambiguous, uncertain, doubtful.
校对:鲁珀特
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Indiscriminate, ambiguous, imperfect, uncertain., #N/A,[See _DISTINCT]
芭芭拉校对
解释:
adj. not plainly marked: confused: not clear to the mind: dim imperfect as of the senses.—adj. Indistinct′ive not capable of making distinctions.—n. Indistinct′iveness.—adv. Indistinct′ly.—ns. Indistinct′ness Indistinc′tion confusion: absence of distinction sameness.
校对:拉弗尔斯
娱乐性解释：
If in your dreams you see objects indistinctly, it portends unfaithfulness in friendships, and uncertain dealings.
哈利整理
例句:
- His speech had been whispered, broken, and indistinct; but by a great effort he had made it plain enough to be unmistakeable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, an indistinct form against the dark street now dotted with lamps, looms in my Lady's view, bigger and blacker than before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Two or three times, by the way, I thought I observed in the indistinct light the skirts of a female figure going up before us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The air in sultry weather, though not cloudy, has a kind of haziness in it, which makes objects at a distance appear dull and indistinct. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- There was an indistinct talk of its being wet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The two measured each other for a moment, but Lily still saw her opponent through a blur of scorn that made all other considerations indistinct. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- As I went up to my airy old room, the grave shadow of the staircase seemed to fall upon my doubts and fears, and to make the past more indistinct. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Charley's only utterance was a feeble, indistinct sound. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Maria's notions on the subject were more confused and indistinct. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She made no answer, and he sat in silence, watching her profile grow indistinct against the snow-streaked dusk beyond the window. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I had vague, indistinct yearnings to be a sort of emancipator,--to free my native land from this spot and stain. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- At length, by slow degrees, they became indistinct and mingled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Has an indistinct impression of his aristocratic repute. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- No wonder, then, that his work too is an indistinct expression of truth. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I have but an indistinct idea of what happened for some time after this baleful object presented itself to my view. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- She did not take any notice of the wavering, indistinct, lambent Birkin, who stood at his side. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Hardly relying on my own interpretation of the indistinct sounds he made, I caused Lizzie to hear them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original ?ra of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I have an indistinct remembrance that he was very affectionate. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
哈利整理