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单词 impenetrable
释义
impenetrable
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpen.ɪ.trə.bəl/us
/ɪmˈpen.ə.trə.bəl/
impossibletoseethrough or go through:
不能看透的；不能穿过的
Outside, thefogwasthickand impenetrable.外面的雾很浓，什么也看不见。
an impenetrablebarrier无法跨越的障碍
Synonyms
impermeable
impervious(SUBSTANCE)specialized
Compare
waterproofadjective
watertight(NO WATER)
weatherproofadjective
Opposite
permeableformal
impossibletounderstand:
费解的，无法理解的
Some of thelyricsontheirlatestalbumarecompletelyimpenetrable.他们最新专辑中的一些歌词让人完全看不懂。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • crystal
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  • crystalline
  • densely
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  • filmy
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  • opacity
  • opaquely
  • pellucid
  • seesomeonethroughsomething
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  • thinly
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  • translucent
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(Definition ofimpenetrablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

impenetrable| American Dictionary

impenetrable
adjective
us
/ɪmˈpen·ɪ·trə·bəl/
impossibletoenteror go through:
an impenetrablejungle
Iflanguageisdescribedas impenetrable, it isimpossibletounderstand:
Too manyscholarlybooksare written in an impenetrablejargon.
(Definition ofimpenetrablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpenetrable

impenetrable
Her protagonists resemble silhouettes or marionettes, who present angular andimpenetrableexteriors.
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What makes a bodyimpenetrableis its matter, which conceptually an immaterial extension must lack.
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The understorey of these sites is very dense and almostimpenetrable.
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We mechanically excavated 1-m-deep to animpenetrableferricrete layer.
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While their musical world was frequently closed andimpenetrablefrom the outside, times of complete openness to others and to other musical worlds did develop.
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Only if the style is soimpenetrablethat it obscures meaning should they intervene.
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When social reminiscence is ' staged ' it is bound to lose spontaneity and private, naturally occurring reminiscence is, almost by definition,impenetrable.
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The cervical mucus plug usually acts as a barrier, which isimpenetrableto bacteria during pregnancy.
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Internally, electric alarms, concealed doors, hatches, trapdoors, and underground passages made for nearimpenetrablestrongholds.
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A centralised archive will facilitate access by other researchers and will be most helpful, particularly since research in this area often seemsimpenetrable.
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While this reference to the woodcutter's or carpenter's arts is a tantalizing one, it is notimpenetrable.
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Even if vagueness in law were animpenetrablelinguistic problem, we would not be allowed to conclude that vagueness makes law indeterminate.
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In the stereotypical view, miners formed a 'breed apart': close-knit, class-conscious andimpenetrablecommunities.
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His work was abstruse andimpenetrable, his demeanor reserved, and his resistance to using the bully pulpit to comment on current economic events unprecedented.
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As aspects of timbre are isolated and understood, such as spatial location and reverberation, these components come to be regarded separately, leaving timbre asimpenetrableas ever.
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