ineffable: [15] Ineffable literally means ‘that cannot be spoken’. Its ultimate source was the Latin verb fārī ‘speak’, which has also given English fable, fame, fate, etc. Addition of the prefix ex- ‘out’ produced effārī ‘speak out’, from which the adjective ineffābilis was derived. In 19th-century English the word was used as a plural noun, like unmentionables, as a humorous euphemism for ‘trousers’ or ‘nether garments’: ‘shoes off, ineffables tucked up’, William Cory, Letters and Journals 1867. => fable, fame, fate
ineffable (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French ineffable (14c.) or directly from Latin ineffabilis "unutterable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + effabilis "speakable," from effari "utter," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fari "to say, speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Plural noun ineffables was, for a time, a jocular euphemism for "trousers" (1823). Related: Ineffably.
ineffable 英文释义
1. defying expression or description;
"indefinable yearnings"
"indescribable beauty"
"ineffable ecstasy"
"inexpressible anguish"
"unspeakable happiness"
"unutterable contempt"
"a thing of untellable splendor"
2. too sacred to be uttered;
"the ineffable name of the Deity"
ineffable 双语例句
1. The beauty of a sunset is ineffable.
日落的美是难以形容的.
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2. The terror had at long intervals given place to a feeling of an almost ineffable sweetness.
这种胆战心惊的感觉就偶尔让位给一种简直说不出的甜蜜的感觉了.
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3. They threw this eager vitality of theirs into a vehement striving after the ineffable.
他们把他们的这种热烈的精力都投入了对一种无法表达的事物的强烈追求.
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4. She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full.
她发出了一声说不出多么满意的叹息, 仿佛她的幸福之杯已经斟满了.
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5. Actually those ineffable parts are manifested in practical use.
那些不可言说的部分是可以在使用中被显现的.
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ineffable 实用场景例句
The beauty of a sunset is ineffable.
日落的美是难以形容的.
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The terror had at long intervals given place to a feeling of an almost ineffable sweetness.
这种胆战心惊的感觉就偶尔让位给一种简直说不出的甜蜜的感觉了.
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They threw this eager vitality of theirs into a vehement striving after the ineffable.
他们把他们的这种热烈的精力都投入了对一种无法表达的事物的强烈追求.
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She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full.
她发出了一声说不出多么满意的叹息, 仿佛她的幸福之杯已经斟满了.
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Actually those ineffable parts are manifested in practical use.
那些不可言说的部分是可以在使用中被显现的.
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Merc é d è s turned her eyes with an ineffable look towards heaven.
美塞苔丝带着一种难以形容的神情抬头望天.
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Bone of left hand finger often ineffable and aching, be why?
左手手指骨头老是莫名疼痛, 是为什么?
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Why on my body often ineffable the erythema since its second?
为什么我身上老是莫名其秒起红斑?
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She had created something of ineffable magnificence, beauty and inspiration.
她创造的一切是多么壮观, 美妙,而又鼓舞人心啊.
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It remained, however, gentle and veiled in an ineffable half - light.
那种光却是柔和的,涵容在一种无可言喻的半明半暗的光里.
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Glory is ineffable splendor of His presence!
荣耀,就是那无法以言语形容祂同在之光辉.
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How is midnight baby always ineffable Jing cries to do? What should notice?
