词汇 | impalpable |
释义 | impalpable adjective literaryuk /ɪmˈpæl.pə.bəl/ us /ɪmˈpæl.pə.bəl/ difficult to feel or understand: 触摸不到的;难懂的 an impalpable beauty/quality难以领略的美/隐晦难辨的特质 Difficult to understand abstruse abstrusely ambiguity ambiguous ambiguously esoteric esoterically fathomless fathomlessly garble labyrinthine lost non-intuitive obscurely obscurity unreadable verbiage verbosely verbosity wasted on someoneidiom Examples of impalpableimpalpable Examination on arrival revealed the femoral pulses to be impalpable, with strong upper limb pulses. The femoral pulses had become impalpable and an infusion of prostaglandins had been commenced at the referring hospital. It is this playing between extremes, this state of perpetual instability between fixed grids and impalpable matter, between conceptual rigour and extreme playfulness, that make his art stand out. As to the public school spirit, it is a real thing, but it is impalpable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Coal is pulverised until it is practically an impalpable powder like flower. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will require a much less impalpable situation to make any such promise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very fine impalpable dust which is being continually set in motion by the passage of tubs along the main ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In all these matters of an incoherent impalpable sort of war, the matter of communication is prime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, there is an impalpable, uncertain thing, not material but rather spiritual in its content. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is often apparently irrational and impalpable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, whenever you try to follow up a case you come up against an impalpable something, which you cannot describe, but which means that no steps can ever be taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Air is an impalpable form of property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The creditor has no debtor but that impalpable thing the corporation, which has no property except the assets of the business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It can be impalpable for a variety of reasons including obesity, emphysema, effusion and rarely dextrocardia. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ashes vary in size from large blocks twenty feet or more in diameter to the minutest impalpable dust. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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