Impalpable
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 无法触及的; 不易理解的
- ［英］ adj. 无法触及的;不易理解的 ( too slight or subtle to be grasped)
- ［记］ im ( 不) +palpable ( 可触摸的) -> 不可触摸的
- ［同］ 参考: palpitate ( 心突突跳, 能摸着的心跳)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Date: 1509
- 1.
- a. incapable of being felt by touch ; intangible <the impalpable aura of power that emanated from him — Osbert Sitwell>
- b. so finely divided that no grains or grit can be felt <rock worn to an impalpable powder>
- 2. not readily discerned by the mind <impalpable evils>
- ? impalpability noun
- ? impalpably adverb
