describable 可描述的 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.形容詞C1

釋義

可描述的

可以用言語清楚表達出來的

able to be put into words so that other people understand what something is like — used when a sight, feeling, or experience is clear enough for language to capture it.

例句

The pain in Daichi's shoulder was sharp but easily describable to his doctor.

Daichi 肩膀的疼痛雖然劇烈，但能輕易向醫生描述清楚。

predicative use: be + describable + to [person]

Esme found the colour of the morning sea barely describable in ordinary English.

Esme 覺得清晨海水的顏色，用日常英文幾乎無法描述。

barely / hardly + describable — degree modifiers

同義詞

expressible
more formal; used of feelings or ideas rather than physical things
definable
focuses on giving a precise meaning, not a general description
characterizable
technical / academic register; identifying typical features

反義詞

indescribable
the far more common form — beyond what words can capture
inexpressible
of feelings too strong or subtle for language

用法筆記

Far more often appears in negated or limited forms — 'barely / hardly / not easily describable' — than as a plain positive adjective. The bare form 'is describable' on its own sounds stilted to most readers; pair it with a degree adverb or a complement (in words / in detail / to someone).

常見錯誤

❌The sunset was very describable.

✅The sunset was barely describable.

💡'describable' is almost always used with limiting adverbs (barely, hardly, not easily); 'very describable' sounds unnatural.

❌a describable man' (attributive, no context).

✅a man whose accent was easily describable as Northern.

💡readers expect a complement explaining HOW or AS WHAT something can be described.

describable

describable — 形容詞

1. able to be put into words so that other people understand what something is like

用法筆記

常見錯誤