单词 | unexcitable |
释义 | unexcitableadj. (un- prefix1 1b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective] slowc1384 imperturbablea1475 sober-minded1534 well-staid1550 settled1557 sober1564 steady1602 unprovokable1646 good-tempered1685 inirritable1794 well-adjusted1809 unvolatile1823 inexcitable1828 unrufflable1828 churchwardenly1830 unruffable1837 unexcitable1839 unrousable1842 well-tempered1852 middle-aged1853 unsqueamish1893 unflappable1958 1839 Ld. Clarendon in Maxwell Life & Lett. (1913) I. 155 I am of a mature age, unexcitable temperament. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 297 He did the work simply as a means of living, and he liked it because it was dry and unexcitable. 1895 Outing 26 432/1 During this battle royal, the other fish had darted away, and..only the unexcitable sturgeon was to be seen. Derivatives unexcitaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [noun] imperturbability1725 inirritability1793 imperturbableness1831 inexcitability1864 unexcitability1882 athambia1956 unflappability1959 1882 W. James Let. 13 Nov. (1920) I. 215 The traditional German professor in its highest sense..an absolute unexcitability of manner. 1885 E. G. Parry Suakin ix. 215 The extreme unexcitability of temperament of these people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1839 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。