nondescript
英 ['nɒndɪskrɪpt]
美 ['nɑndɪskrɪpt]
- adj. 平凡的,没有特色的;难以区别的;莫可名状的
- n. 不属任何类型的人;难以形容的人或物
中文词源
nondescript 无特征的non-,无,非,description,描述,特征。
英文词源
- nondescript (adj.)
- 1680s, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere (see describe). General sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806.
双语例句
- 1. This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript.
- 这一词语给整套节目以暂时的意义,否则毫无特色.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road.
- 欧罗巴大楼是巴斯大道沿路那些成百上千幢毫无特色的建筑之一。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
- 从她的衣着上什么也看不出来:全是大路货,毫无时髦优雅之处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The nondescript Swiss, on arrival, was to have plain clothes.
- 那个难以安排的瑞士人到来的时候将穿上便衣.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The nondescript bacteria were responsible for the infectivity of the filtrate.
- 这种滤液的侵染性应归之于不能描述的细菌.
来自辞典例句