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WORD ORIGINobscure1

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French, Latin obscurus

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

obscure regulations
an obscure Flemish painter
Best's art is eccentric and obscure.
He's using an obscure old law to try to stop the new road being built.
Picasso's first exhibition received only a short mention in an obscure Parisian newspaper.
Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure.
The connection between the studies is somewhat obscure.
The lines were written by an obscure English poet named Mordaunt.
The Silver Apples are one of those obscure bands that you might hear about, but never actually hear.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills.
Each sprang from the obscure underside of the society.
It was satisfying to send away and get this obscure stuff in the mail.
Laurence Hurst has pursued an obscure hint of a gender-altering parasite among human beings.
The proposed arrangements however are rather obscure.
You're not expected to input anything too obscure though, so frustrations in this respect are kept to a minimum.

Longman Language Activatornot famous► unknown

not at all famous: · As an unknown author, it isn't easy to get your work published.· Horn was beaten by a relatively unknown politician in the last election.

► obscure

someone or something that is obscure is known about only by a few people, because they belong to a group, place, or subject that not many people know about or are interested in: · He's using an obscure old law to try to stop the new road being built.· The lines were written by an obscure English poet named Mordaunt.

► a nobody

someone who is very ordinary and not at all famous or important: · After all her hard work, she didn't want to end up just a nobody.· A lot of the rich people who come in here treat us like nobodies.

a person or place that not many people know or know about► unknown

· The picture was painted in the 15th Century by an unknown Italian artist.· Until their first single, the Beatles were virtually unknown outside Hamburg and Liverpool.unknown to · The Internet has opened up a marketplace where sellers and buyers are virtually unknown to each other.

► little known/little-known

a little known artist, film etc is one that very few people know about: · A little-known separatist group claimed responsibility for the explosion.· Bernardo Vittone is little known outside his native Italy.

► obscure

not at all well-known and usually not very important: · Picasso's first exhibition received only a short mention in an obscure Parisian newspaper.· The Silver Apples are one of those obscure bands that you might hear about, but never actually hear.

► shadowy figure

written a mysterious person that people know very little about, especially someone who seems dangerous: · Vogel, a high-ranking official in East Berlin, was one of the Cold War's most shadowy figures.

► an unknown quantity

someone that very little is known about, especially in relation to their abilities, so that you do not know if they will be successful: · The team's new pitcher has never played pro baseball before and is something of an unknown quantity.

difficult or impossible to understand► puzzling

a puzzling situation makes you feel confused, because you have tried to understand it or explain it, but you cannot: · The police are investigating the puzzling death of a man found on the freeway.· Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's most puzzling and feared illnesses.· The fact that many people still do not understand this basic concept is both puzzling and troubling.

► baffling

extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · To an ordinary person, the legal arguments were baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with.

► incomprehensible

impossible to understand: · His English was incomprehensible.it is incomprehensible that: · It is incomprehensible that a tragedy like this could be joked about.incomprehensible to: · The leaflet was written in jargon that would have been totally incomprehensible to anyone outside the profession.

► unintelligible

speech or writing that is unintelligible is impossible to understand because it is not clear, simple, or well planned: · Joe muttered something unintelligible, clasping his head in his hands.· Radio transmissions were often cut off or unintelligible.

► incoherent

incoherent speech is very difficult to understand, especially because the person who is speaking is drunk, ill, or very angry: · Harris gave rambling, incoherent answers to questions about the case.· She was clearly very ill, and at times her speech was incoherent.

► obscure

a statement, joke, or idea that is obscure is very difficult to understand because the meaning is not clear unless it is carefully explained to you: · Best's art is eccentric and obscure.· Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► remain obscure

The details of his life remain obscure.

► For ... obscure reason

For some obscure reason, the group is very popular.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a mist obscures/hides something

(=covers something so that you cannot see it)· Mist obscured the ships in the harbor.

► obscure the view

(=make it difficult to see)· A wall of mist obscured the view.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more

· As a system gets larger the logic becomes more obscure, modification more risky and debugging increasingly problematic.· The actor was a little more obscure about expressing his enthusiasm for Gingrich.· I don't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure.· The upward route is ten times harder and more obscure.· The effect is still good, but harmonically more obscure and dissonant.· I also tried to be a little more obscure and interesting in my song selections.· By the 1740s, Stukeley's beliefs were becoming more obscure.· War has had a searchlight effect on historians as well as contemporaries, rendering the area outside the beam yet more obscure.

► most

· So you can find a diverse range of factoids and opinions on even the most obscure subjects.· About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills.· Then the Shorthand Subsection, which could attack the most obscure foreign shorthand systems.

► rather

· The proposed arrangements however are rather obscure.· The history of that volume in the following five or ten years, however, is rather obscure.· The reasons for Government initiative in this area, however disjointed during this period 1966-77, are rather obscure.· On the available photostat of the photostat some ranks and names are unfortunately rather obscure.· In any event, the Labour party's suggestion of a minimum wage is in itself rather obscure and bizarre.

► relatively

· Until her assassination she had led a quiet and relatively obscure life.· The reasons for this have been widely discussed yet remain relatively obscure.

► still

· Mr Serrano's motives are still obscure.· This bureaucracy, for reasons still obscure, had decided that my posture was a disgrace and had to be corrected.· The true nature of this revolt is still obscure.· On November 24, they came to Madison and chose it, for reasons still obscure, over more water-blessed locations.

NOUN► corner

· They clattered on as far as the door; under workbenches, into cracks, finding every obscure corner.· He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies.

► origin

· The house of Albret had emerged from obscure origins to become the most important single lineage in the duchy.· He is viewed as an outcast because of his obscure origin and mixed blood.· Despite his obscure origins Warltire established himself as a fashionable itinerant lecturer on chemistry and a supplier of laboratory chemicals.

► reason

· For some obscure reason you had to be taken over.· Archer understood that he ran the risk of having his mandate withdrawn, and for some obscure reason he disliked the prospect.· And that faced her with a course of action which, for some obscure reason, seemed rather distasteful now.· Occasionally, for some obscure reason of her own, Elinor was pleasant.· My colleagues and I will vote against the Bill, and not for any obscure reason.

单词	obscurely
释义	obscureob‧scure1 /əbˈskjʊə $ -ˈskjʊr/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINobscure1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin obscurus Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES obscure regulations an obscure Flemish painter Best's art is eccentric and obscure. He's using an obscure old law to try to stop the new road being built. Picasso's first exhibition received only a short mention in an obscure Parisian newspaper. Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure. The connection between the studies is somewhat obscure. The lines were written by an obscure English poet named Mordaunt. The Silver Apples are one of those obscure bands that you might hear about, but never actually hear. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills. Each sprang from the obscure underside of the society. It was satisfying to send away and get this obscure stuff in the mail. Laurence Hurst has pursued an obscure hint of a gender-altering parasite among human beings. The proposed arrangements however are rather obscure. You're not expected to input anything too obscure though, so frustrations in this respect are kept to a minimum. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot famous► unknown not at all famous: · As an unknown author, it isn't easy to get your work published.· Horn was beaten by a relatively unknown politician in the last election. ► obscure someone or something that is obscure is known about only by a few people, because they belong to a group, place, or subject that not many people know about or are interested in: · He's using an obscure old law to try to stop the new road being built.· The lines were written by an obscure English poet named Mordaunt. ► a nobody someone who is very ordinary and not at all famous or important: · After all her hard work, she didn't want to end up just a nobody.· A lot of the rich people who come in here treat us like nobodies. a person or place that not many people know or know about► unknown · The picture was painted in the 15th Century by an unknown Italian artist.· Until their first single, the Beatles were virtually unknown outside Hamburg and Liverpool.unknown to · The Internet has opened up a marketplace where sellers and buyers are virtually unknown to each other. ► little known/little-known a little known artist, film etc is one that very few people know about: · A little-known separatist group claimed responsibility for the explosion.· Bernardo Vittone is little known outside his native Italy. ► obscure not at all well-known and usually not very important: · Picasso's first exhibition received only a short mention in an obscure Parisian newspaper.· The Silver Apples are one of those obscure bands that you might hear about, but never actually hear. ► shadowy figure written a mysterious person that people know very little about, especially someone who seems dangerous: · Vogel, a high-ranking official in East Berlin, was one of the Cold War's most shadowy figures. ► an unknown quantity someone that very little is known about, especially in relation to their abilities, so that you do not know if they will be successful: · The team's new pitcher has never played pro baseball before and is something of an unknown quantity. difficult or impossible to understand► puzzling a puzzling situation makes you feel confused, because you have tried to understand it or explain it, but you cannot: · The police are investigating the puzzling death of a man found on the freeway.· Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's most puzzling and feared illnesses.· The fact that many people still do not understand this basic concept is both puzzling and troubling. ► baffling extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · To an ordinary person, the legal arguments were baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. ► incomprehensible impossible to understand: · His English was incomprehensible.it is incomprehensible that: · It is incomprehensible that a tragedy like this could be joked about.incomprehensible to: · The leaflet was written in jargon that would have been totally incomprehensible to anyone outside the profession. ► unintelligible speech or writing that is unintelligible is impossible to understand because it is not clear, simple, or well planned: · Joe muttered something unintelligible, clasping his head in his hands.· Radio transmissions were often cut off or unintelligible. ► incoherent incoherent speech is very difficult to understand, especially because the person who is speaking is drunk, ill, or very angry: · Harris gave rambling, incoherent answers to questions about the case.· She was clearly very ill, and at times her speech was incoherent. ► obscure a statement, joke, or idea that is obscure is very difficult to understand because the meaning is not clear unless it is carefully explained to you: · Best's art is eccentric and obscure.· Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► remain obscure The details of his life remain obscure. ► For ... obscure reason For some obscure reason, the group is very popular. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a mist obscures/hides something (=covers something so that you cannot see it)· Mist obscured the ships in the harbor. ► obscure the view (=make it difficult to see)· A wall of mist obscured the view. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · As a system gets larger the logic becomes more obscure, modification more risky and debugging increasingly problematic.· The actor was a little more obscure about expressing his enthusiasm for Gingrich.· I don't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure.· The upward route is ten times harder and more obscure.· The effect is still good, but harmonically more obscure and dissonant.· I also tried to be a little more obscure and interesting in my song selections.· By the 1740s, Stukeley's beliefs were becoming more obscure.· War has had a searchlight effect on historians as well as contemporaries, rendering the area outside the beam yet more obscure. ► most · So you can find a diverse range of factoids and opinions on even the most obscure subjects.· About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills.· Then the Shorthand Subsection, which could attack the most obscure foreign shorthand systems. ► rather · The proposed arrangements however are rather obscure.· The history of that volume in the following five or ten years, however, is rather obscure.· The reasons for Government initiative in this area, however disjointed during this period 1966-77, are rather obscure.· On the available photostat of the photostat some ranks and names are unfortunately rather obscure.· In any event, the Labour party's suggestion of a minimum wage is in itself rather obscure and bizarre. ► relatively · Until her assassination she had led a quiet and relatively obscure life.· The reasons for this have been widely discussed yet remain relatively obscure. ► still · Mr Serrano's motives are still obscure.· This bureaucracy, for reasons still obscure, had decided that my posture was a disgrace and had to be corrected.· The true nature of this revolt is still obscure.· On November 24, they came to Madison and chose it, for reasons still obscure, over more water-blessed locations. NOUN► corner · They clattered on as far as the door; under workbenches, into cracks, finding every obscure corner.· He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies. ► origin · The house of Albret had emerged from obscure origins to become the most important single lineage in the duchy.· He is viewed as an outcast because of his obscure origin and mixed blood.· Despite his obscure origins Warltire established himself as a fashionable itinerant lecturer on chemistry and a supplier of laboratory chemicals. ► reason · For some obscure reason you had to be taken over.· Archer understood that he ran the risk of having his mandate withdrawn, and for some obscure reason he disliked the prospect.· And that faced her with a course of action which, for some obscure reason, seemed rather distasteful now.· Occasionally, for some obscure reason of her own, Elinor was pleasant.· My colleagues and I will vote against the Bill, and not for any obscure reason. 1not well known and usually not very important: an obscure poet The details of his life remain obscure.2difficult to understand: obscure legal phrases For some obscure reason, the group is very popular.—obscurely adverb
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