| 单词 | indistinct |
| 释义 | indistinct (once / 1162 pages) adj Is it hard to tell what someone is saying? Can you not see something clearly? Anything hard to make out is indistinct. Indistinct things are fuzzy, unclear, and hard to see or understand. A whisper can be indistinct. A clear, confident speaker is not indistinct. People like to say what a cloud is shaped like, but clouds are generally pretty indistinct — that's why different people will see different shapes in the same cloud. When we're writing, speaking, or drawing, we should try to be distinct, not indistinct — because we want to be understood. WORD FAMILYindistinct: indistinctest, indistinctly, indistinctness+/distinct: distincter, distinctest, distinctive, distinctly, distinctness, indistinct/distinctive: distinctively, distinctiveness USAGE EXAMPLESApart from Ailey’s work, it was troubling how much of the choreography was indistinct: pasted onto the dancers instead of embedded in them. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) But when the wall of secrecy is breached, the distinction between upright global citizen and criminal can quickly grow indistinct. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) He settled on characters that tap into conflicting emotions: They’re serene yet daunting and huge yet indistinct. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) adj not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand indistinct shapes in the gloom an indistinct memory only indistinct notions of what to do Syn|Ant unclear not clear to the mind indefinitevague or not clearly defined or stated bedimmedmade dim or indistinct bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzyindistinct or hazy in outline cloudy, nebulose, nebulouslacking definite form or limits dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispylacking clarity or distinctness faintindistinctly understood or felt or perceived veiledmuted or unclear distinct easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined clearreadily apparent to the mind definiteprecise; explicit and clearly defined chiseled, well-definedhaving a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges clean-cut, clear, clear-cutclear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible crisp, sharp(of something seen or heard) clearly defined crystallinedistinctly or sharply outlined defined, outlinedshowing clearly the outline or profile or boundary knifelikehaving a sharp or distinct edge razor-sharpvery clearly delineated precisesharply exact or accurate or delimited |
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