| 单词 | nebulous |
| 释义 | nebulous (once / 4603 pages) adj Something that's nebulous is clouded or hazy. When you walk through the woods on a foggy morning, the trees may all have a mysterious, nebulous look to them. When you fly in a plane on an overcast day, the land below you looks nebulous and indistinct. You can also use nebulous in a more figurative way, to describe vague ideas or fuzzy concepts. Nebulous comes from the Latin nebulosus, "cloudy, misty, or foggy." Its root is nebula, which is "vapor or fog" in Latin and was adopted by astronomers in the 1700s to mean "a cloud of gas and dust in outer space." WORD FAMILYnebulous: nebulously+/nebula: nebulae, nebular, nebulas, nebulous USAGE EXAMPLESPearl Jam lives up to the requirement that Rock Hall inductees demonstrate the nebulous “musical excellence.” Salon(Dec 20, 2016) Charlotte was more smug about her plot to safeguard Ford’s intellectual property than Logan was about his nebulous military title. Time(Dec 05, 2016) Since then, the designation has grown more nebulous, applied to cities providing a variety of protections. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj lacking definite form or limits nebulous distinction between pride and conceit Syn cloudy, nebulose indistinct not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand 2adj lacking definition or definite content nebulous reasons Syn unfixed indefinite vague or not clearly defined or stated 3adj of or relating to or resembling a nebula Syn nebular |
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