unutterable
/ʌnˈʌtərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ʌnˈʌtərəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈə-tə-rə-bəl How to pronounce unutterable (audio)/ (ame, mw)
unutterable — 形容詞
- unutterablepositive
- more unutterablecomparative
- most unutterablesuperlative
1. so strong, painful, or overwhelming that ordinary language feels too weak to des
難以言喻的
強烈到難用言語表達
so strong, painful, or overwhelming that ordinary language feels too weak to describe it
Ziad felt unutterable grief when he opened his mother's final letter.
Ziad 打開母親最後一封信時，感到難以言喻的悲痛。
collocation: unutterable grief
An unutterable smell rose from the broken fridge in Ritu's dark flat.
Ritu 那間昏暗公寓裡的壞冰箱飄出一股難以言喻的臭味。
attributive: unutterable + noun
The village waited in unutterable fear as the river kept rising.
河水不斷上漲時，整個村子都陷在難以言喻的恐懼中。
The news of the crash brought unutterable pain to Felix's family.
墜機的消息給 Felix 一家帶來難以言喻的痛苦。
For Noa, the relief of hearing her son breathe again was unutterable.
對 Noa 來說，再次聽見兒子呼吸的那份安心是難以言喻的。
- indescribable
a more common word for something words cannot fully capture
- inexpressible
close in meaning, often used for feelings too strong to put into words
- unspeakable
often stronger and more negative, especially for horror or evil
- expressible
able to be put into words clearly
- describable
possible to explain or picture in language
文法句型
unutterable + noun
be unutterable
with/in unutterable + noun
用法筆記
Most often appears before nouns such as grief, pain, fear, or relief, especially in formal writing. In everyday speech, people usually choose more common words such as 'terrible', 'overwhelming', or 'indescribable'.