enigmatic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++en·ig·mat·ic /ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk◂/ adjective MYSTERIOUSmysterious and difficult to understand 费解的；难捉摸的enigmatic smile/expression etc 神秘的微笑/表情等 —enigmatically /-kli/ adverb ‘You’ll see, ’ he replied enigmatically. “你会明白的。”他神秘地回答道。
Examples from the Corpus
enigmatic• He was fascinated by the enigmatic actress.• Freud remains today an enigmatic figure.• Still, he is impressive as the surly, enigmatic intellectual who offers Jane a glimmer of hope for a better life.• The books they marked were returned, probably not fully read, but with these enigmatic new chapters unwittingly added.• Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.• She presented him with barrier after barrier of enigmatic remarks, as now.• Ever since the start of the journey Ahamado had remained enigmatic, silent and unforthcoming.• She smiled that enigmatic smile again as I countered with my bishop's pawn.• His face wore that same enigmatic smile, but he did not speak.• Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues, an enigmatic smile on his face.• an enigmatic smileenigmatic smile/expression etc• She smiled that enigmatic smile again as I countered with my bishop's pawn.• His sometimes enigmatic expression and behaviour were likened to that of the sphinx in cartoonists' caricatures.• He didn't say anything, he just smiled his quiet, enigmatic smile and returned to his paper.• His face wore that same enigmatic smile, but he did not speak.• Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues, an enigmatic smile on his face.en·ig·mat·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
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enigmatic
en‧ig‧mat‧ic /ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk◂/
adjective
mysterious and difficult to understand
enigmatic smile/expression etc
—enigmatically /-kli/ adverb:
‘You’ll see,’ he replied enigmatically.
▪ mysterious difficult to explain or understand, and often strange or slightly frightening: the mysterious disappearance of ships in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle | What’s that mysterious noise?
▪puzzling difficult to explain or understand: At first this must seem a puzzling question. | I found her attitude deeply puzzling.
▪baffling impossible to understand, so that you feel very confused: It was a baffling case. | Like many people, I find theroretical physics baffling.
▪inexplicable formal impossible to explain: For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank. | Some things in life are inexplicable.
▪enigmatic formal mysterious and difficult to understand, but also often attractive or interesting – used especially about people, their expressions, or things they say: She gave him an enigmatic smile. | an enigmatic remark
▪cryptic formal having a meaning that is difficult to understand, and is not expressed in a clear direct way – used especially about things that people say or write: I got a rather cryptic message from him. | cryptic comments
▪be a mystery if something is a mystery, you cannot understand how or why it happens: Four years later, his death remains a complete mystery. | It’s all a mystery to me.
▪be shrouded/veiled in mystery if an event or a situation, especially one that happened a long time ago, is shrouded in mystery, it is mysterious because no one knows exactly what happened: Stone age civilization, veiled in mystery as it is, has provided the greatest challenge to historians.
en‧ig‧mat‧ic /ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk◂/
adjectivemysterious and difficult to understand
enigmatic smile/expression etc
—enigmatically /-kli/ adverb:
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