impalpable
impalpable 英 [ɪmˈpælpəbl] 美 [ɪmˈpælpəbəl]
adj. 感触不到的；难理解的；无形的
- 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.
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- adj. 感触不到的；难理解的；无形的
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1. A feeling of emptiness grows in me; it infiltrates my body like a light and impalpable fluid.
空虚之感在我体内成长，它渗透进我的身体，就像一束光，就像无法掌控的水流。
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2. But words are more impalpable than bricks reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing.
不过词句要比砖块难以捉摸，阅读要比看更费时、更复杂。
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3. To the untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is impalpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp.
对那个不真实的人来说，整个宇宙都是虚伪的——都是难以触摸的，在他的把握之中化为子虚乌有。
- impalpable (adj.) c. 1500, "too unsubstantial to be perceived by touch," from French impalpable or directly from Medieval Latin impalpabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + palpabilis (see palpable). Figurative (mental) sense of "that cannot be grasped by the intellect" is from 1774. Related: Impalpably; impalpability.
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