| 单词 | palpable |
| 释义 | palpable (once / 926 pages) adj When something is palpable, you can touch or handle it, even though the word is often used to describe things that usually can't be handled or touched, such as emotions or sensations. You probably won't see palpable used to describe, say, an egg or a doorknob or a motorcycle. Palpable is usually reserved for situations in which something invisible becomes so intense that it feels as though it has substance or weight. When the towers came down, the sense of sadness was so great, it was palpable. WORD FAMILYpalpable: impalpable, palpability, palpablest, palpably+/impalpability: impalpabilities/impalpable: impalpability, impalpably/palpability: palpabilities/palpate: palpable, palpated, palpates, palpating, palpation, palpatory USAGE EXAMPLES“The unemployment rate is distressing; the impoverishment of the population is palpable everywhere; our social protection system is in deficit and is in peril.” The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Belief in the unseen is palpable, a collective consciousness powerful and present. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Their presence is palpable throughout the museum there, depending on the changing exhibits, with the artifacts that helped define their careers. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt a barely palpable dust felt sudden anger in a palpable wave the air was warm and close-- palpable as cotton a palpable lie Syn|Ant tangible perceptible easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind perceptiblecapable of being perceived by the mind or senses impalpable imperceptible to the senses or the mind elusive, subtledifficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze imperceptible, unperceivableimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses 2adj can be felt by palpation a palpable tumor Syn perceptible capable of being perceived by the mind or senses |
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