palpable
/ˈpælpəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpælpəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpal-pə-bəl/ (ame, mw)
palpable — 形容詞
- palpablepositive
- more palpablecomparative
- most palpablesuperlative
1. clear enough to notice at once; with feelings, strong enough to seem almost phys
明顯;強烈
容易察覺,或強烈得像摸得到
clear enough to notice at once; with feelings, strong enough to seem almost physical.
Palpable tension filled the room when Wei opened the final exam envelopes.
Wei 打開期末考試卷袋時,房間裡的緊張氣氛強烈得幾乎摸得到。
collocation: palpable tension
After the rescue call, Vinícius felt a palpable sense of relief in camp.
接到救援電話後,Vinícius 明顯感受到營地裡那股如釋重負的氣氛。
phrase: palpable sense of relief
The improvement in sales was palpable after Lien started offering weekend delivery.
Lien 開始提供週末外送後,銷售成長變得十分明顯。
By sunset, the crowd's anger was palpable outside the locked factory gate.
到傍晚時,工廠緊鎖的大門外,人群的怒氣強烈得人人都感受得到。
A palpable excitement spread through the school as Yael carried in the robot.
Yael 把機器人帶進學校時,校內的興奮氣氛立刻變得很明顯。
- 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
- 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.