Impenetrable
[ɪm'penɪtrəb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɛnɪtrəbl]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
安吉拉校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Not to be penetrated, not to be pierced.
黛安娜校對
同義詞及反義詞:
[See PENETRABLE]
校對:佩德罗
解釋/意思:
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.
丹尼斯校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The way to the Secret lay through the mystery, hitherto impenetrable to all of us, of the woman in white. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Close around them loomed the impenetrable blackness of the jungle. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Thus far, the true story of his life was an impenetrable mystery to me. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The strife still continues between impenetrable armour plate and irresistible projectiles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The contract completed, she raised between them a barrier impenetrable as a wall. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It's perfectly useless, my Lord, attempting to get at any evidence through the impenetrable stupidity of this witness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Bruff opened it, with his papers in his hand--immersed in Law; impenetrable to Medicine. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The thunder ceased; but the rain still continued, and the scene was enveloped in an impenetrable darkness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- She could not have known it, but she was being borne farther and farther into the impenetrable jungle. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Sometimes I endeavoured to gain from Frankenstein the particulars of his creature's formation; but on this point he was impenetrable. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Irresistible Projectiles and Impenetrable Armour Plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- 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·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I had reached the woman at last through the barrier of impenetrable reserve that she had tried to set up between us. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But the words died under the impenetrable insolence of Bertha's smile. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- For several hours he traveled a little north of east until he came to an impenetrable wall of matted and tangled vegetation. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 愛德格·賴斯·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·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But not a star showed above--only utter and impenetrable darkness. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Chocolat a la Vanille, cried the impenetrable man, cheerfully rattling the sweetmeats in the box, and bowing all round. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- I recalled my impenetrable calm--and played it. 威爾基·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! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
丹尼斯校對