palpable

/ˈpælpəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpælpəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpal-pə-bəl/ (ame, mw)

palpable — adjective

  • palpablepositive
  • more palpablecomparative
  • most palpablesuperlative

1. clear enough to notice at once; with feelings, strong enough to seem almost phys

1.形容詞C1
釋義

clear enough to notice at once; with feelings, strong enough to seem almost physical.

例句

Palpable tension filled the room when Wei opened the final exam envelopes.

collocation: palpable tension

After the rescue call, Vinícius felt a palpable sense of relief in camp.

phrase: palpable sense of relief

同義詞
  • obvious

    the everyday word for something easy to see or understand, without the strong physical feeling implied by palpable

  • noticeable

    weaker than palpable; something noticeable stands out, but it may not dominate the atmosphere

  • tangible

    often stresses something physical or clearly provable, rather than a mood that seems to fill a place

  • perceptible

    more formal and often weaker, focusing on being detectable rather than powerfully felt

反義詞
  • subtle

    present in a quiet or delicate way that is not immediately obvious

  • faint

    weak in strength or intensity, especially with feelings, sounds, or signs

  • imperceptible

    too slight to be noticed by the senses or the mind

文法句型

palpable + noun (tension/relief/excitement)

be + palpable

用法筆記

Most often used with nouns for feelings or atmosphere, such as tension, relief, excitement, or anger, and it is more common in formal writing than in casual speech. It also appears with changes or results that become clearly noticeable, as in palpable improvement.

常見錯誤

❌The chair is palpable.
✅The tension in the room was palpable.
💡palpable is usually used for feelings, atmosphere, or changes that people strongly sense, not for ordinary objects.
❌There was a palpable of fear before the storm.
✅There was a palpable sense of fear before the storm.
💡palpable is an adjective and usually needs a noun such as sense, tension, or relief.