elusive 音標拼音: [ɪl'usɪv]
a . 難懂的,易忘的,難捉摸的
難懂的,易忘的,難捉摸的
elusive adj 1 :
difficult to describe ; "
a haunting elusive odor "
2 :
skillful at eluding capture ; "
a cabal of conspirators ,
each more elusive than the archterrorist "-
David Kline 3 :
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze ; "
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change "; "
a subtle difference "; "
that elusive thing the soul " [
synonym : {
elusive },
{
subtle }]
4 :
making great mental demands ;
hard to comprehend or solve or believe ; "
a baffling problem "; "
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast "; "
a problematic situation at home " [
synonym : {
baffling }, {
elusive }, {
knotty }, {
problematic },
{
problematical }, {
tough }]
Elusive \
E *
lu "
sive \,
a .
Tending to elude ;
using arts or deception to escape ;
adroitly escaping or evading ;
eluding the grasp ;
fallacious .
[
1913 Webster ]
Elusive of the bridal day ,
she gives Fond hopes to all ,
and all with hopes deceives . --
Pope .
-- {
E *
lu "
sive *
ly },
adv . -- {
E *
lu "
sive *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elusive ":
baffling ,
cagey ,
elusory ,
evanescent ,
evasive ,
fleeting ,
fugitive ,
impalpable ,
imponderable ,
incomprehensible ,
indefinable ,
insubstantial ,
intangible ,
malingering ,
mysterious ,
phantom ,
shifty ,
shirking ,
slippery ,
transitory ,
tricky
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