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单词 unspeakable
释义 un·speakable
\|ən+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English unspekeable, from un- (I) + speken to speak + -able
1.
 a. : not capable of being verbally expressed : unutterable, indescribable
  < watching the unspeakable beauties of that wondrous bay — Martha Kean >
  < with unspeakable delight … took and divided the gifts — Francis Parkman >
  < all creative work starts as a feeling … or some other unspeakable affective state — A.H.S.Korzybski >
 b. : indescribably objectionable or hateful
  < that unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room, wave upon wave of the breath of all corruption — Arthur Grimble >
  < so likable as a man, so unspeakable as a politician — Francis Biddle >
  < those poor painted females … plied their unspeakable trade — D.B.Chidsey >
2. : that may not or cannot be uttered or spoken
 < oddest of all are the bawdy thoughts that come into one's head — the unspeakable words — L.P.Smith >
 < our job to see that a speaker does not have to contend with unspeakable collections of consonants — Rosemary Jellis >
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