unspeakable
英 [ʌn'spiːkəb(ə)l]
美[ʌn'spikəbl]
- adj. 无法形容的;不能以言语表达的;坏透了的
英英释意
- 1. defying expression or description;
- "indefinable yearnings"
- "indescribable beauty"
- "ineffable ecstasy"
- "inexpressible anguish"
- "unspeakable happiness"
- "unutterable contempt"
- "a thing of untellable splendor"
- 2. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
- "atrocious taste"
- "abominable workmanship"
- "an awful voice"
- "dreadful manners"
- "a painful performance"
- "terrible handwriting"
- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
- 3. too sacred to be uttered;
- "the ineffable name of the Deity"