| 单词 | impalpable |
| 释义 | impalpable (once / 5375 pages) adj Impalpable describes a feeling that, though real, you can’t logically explain. If you don't know why you love peanut butter and banana sandwiches so much, maybe your reasons are impalpable. If you’ve ever used the words “I can’t quite put my finger on it” to describe something that you have observed but can't really explain, then you already have a good idea of what impalpable means. Impalpable traces back to the Latin word palpabilis, meaning “that may be touched or felt.” Combine that with the prefix im-, and the word gets its meaning of something that can’t be perceived by normal senses. WORD FAMILYimpalpable: impalpability, impalpably+/impalpability: impalpabilities/palpability: palpabilities/palpable: impalpable, palpability, palpablest, palpably/palpate: palpable, palpated, palpates, palpating, palpation, palpatory USAGE EXAMPLESBut when it comes time to pay the bill for that infamously earned publicity, he vanishes into a cloud of impalpable smoke. Washington Times(Feb 08, 2015) With impalpable organs of sense they examined this new field. William Golding, Lord of the Flies(1954) And, yet, out of it all, over and above all that had happened, impalpable but real, there remained to him a queer sense of power. Richard Wright, Native Son(1940) 1adj not perceptible to the touch an impalpable pulse Syn imperceptible, unperceivable impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses 2adj incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch Syn|Ant intangible abstract existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment tangible, touchable perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch concretecapable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary tactile, tactualproducing a sensation of touch 3adj imperceptible to the senses or the mind an impalpable cloud impalpable shadows impalpable distinctions as impalpable as a dream Syn|Ant elusive, subtle difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze imperceptible, unperceivableimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses palpable, tangible capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt perceptibleeasily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind perceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or senses |
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