impenetrable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·pen·e·tra·ble /ɪmˈpenətrəbəl/ adjective 1 ENTERimpossible to get through, see through, or get into 不能通过的；不能看透的；无法进入的 The trees formed a dark and impenetrable barrier. 这些树形成了一道无法通过的黑暗屏障。 the impenetrable blackness of the night 夜晚伸手不见五指的黑2 DIFFICULTvery difficult or impossible to understand 费解的；不可理解的 impenetrable legal jargon 费解的法律术语 —impenetrably adverb —impenetrability /ɪmˌpenətrəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

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impenetrable• an impenetrable 25-page memo• What she once considered oppressive about Joseph, his cold style and impenetrable attitude, now earned her respect.• As she rounded the final corner, the trees were in front of her, a dark and impenetrable barrier hiding the house completely.• Granted, the casual observer may dismiss this as impenetrable blarney.• An impenetrable fog halted traffic.• Their bushes form an impenetrable hedge.• Which was further away from the real but impenetrable humanity of these black men and women?• He would make the Britches impenetrable, tackle the dead trees and plant saplings.• We followed their tracks down into the swamp where a recent clearcut had left impenetrable thickets of young fir.• Feminist organizations and the media appeared almost impenetrable to us.impenetrable barrier• Yet some people seem to learn to live with imperfection and others find it an impenetrable barrier.• A decade ago this was Checkpoint Charlie, one of the few gaps in an otherwise impenetrable barrier a hundred miles long.• As she rounded the final corner, the trees were in front of her, a dark and impenetrable barrier hiding the house completely.• A rose hedge can become a useful, impenetrable barrier if clipped regularly.• But this normally impenetrable barrier is easily breached by fat-soluble ethanol molecules, which slip through like little ghosts.