indefinite 音标拼音: [ɪnd'ɛfənət]
a . 模糊的,不确定的,无限的
模糊的,不确定的,无限的
indefinite 不定
indefinite adj 1 :
vague or not clearly defined or stated ; "
must you be so indefinite ?"; "
amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges "; "
he would not answer so indefinite a proposal " [
ant : {
definite }]
2 :
not decided or not known ; "
were indefinite about their plans "; "
plans are indefinite "
Indefinite \
In *
def "
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a . [
L .
indefinitus .
See {
In -}
not ,
and {
Definite }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Not definite ;
not limited ,
defined ,
or specified ;
not explicit ;
not determined or fixed upon ;
not precise ;
uncertain ;
vague ;
confused ;
obscure ;
as ,
an indefinite time ,
plan ,
etc .
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It were to be wished that . . .
men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching , "
the chymists say this ,"
or "
the chymists affirm that ." --
Boyle .
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The time of this last is left indefinite . --
Dryden .
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2 .
Having no determined or certain limits ;
large and unmeasured ,
though not infinite ;
unlimited ;
as ,
indefinite space ;
the indefinite extension of a straight line .
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Though it is not infinite ,
it may be indefinite ;
though it is not boundless in itself ,
it may be so to human comprehension . --
Spectator .
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3 .
Boundless ;
infinite . [
R .]
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Indefinite and omnipresent God ,
Inhabiting eternity . --
W .
Thompson (
1745 ).
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4 . (
Bot .)
Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important ; --
said of the parts of a flower ,
and the like .
Also ,
indeterminate .
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{
Indefinite article } (
Gram .),
the word a or an ,
used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class .
{
Indefinite inflorescence }. (
Bot .)
See {
Indeterminate inflorescence },
under {
Indeterminate }.
{
Indefinite proposition } (
Logic ),
a statement whose subject is a common term ,
with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution ;
as ,
Man is mortal .
{
Indefinite term } (
Logic ),
a negative term ;
as ,
the not -
good .
Syn :
Inexplicit ;
vague ;
uncertain ;
unsettled ;
indeterminate ;
loose ;
equivocal ;
inexact ;
approximate .
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134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
indefinite ":
abstract ,
aleatoric ,
aleatory ,
ambiguous ,
amorphic ,
amorphous ,
anarchic ,
baffling ,
baggy ,
bewildering ,
bland ,
blear ,
bleared ,
bleary ,
blobby ,
blurred ,
blurry ,
boundless ,
broad ,
chance ,
chancy ,
chaotic ,
characterless ,
collective ,
confused ,
confusing ,
cryptic ,
dark ,
dim ,
disordered ,
disorderly ,
endless ,
enduring ,
equivocal ,
faint ,
featureless ,
feeble ,
filmy ,
foggy ,
formless ,
fuzzy ,
general ,
generalized ,
generic ,
half -
seen ,
half -
visible ,
hazy ,
hesitant ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
ill -
defined ,
immeasurable ,
imprecise ,
inaccurate ,
incalculable ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
inconspicuous ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indefinable ,
indelible ,
indestructible ,
indeterminable ,
indeterminate ,
indistinct ,
indistinguishable ,
ineffaceable ,
ineradicable ,
inexact ,
inexplicit ,
infinite ,
inform ,
kaleidoscopic ,
lax ,
limitless ,
loose ,
low -
profile ,
lumpen ,
measureless ,
merely glimpsed ,
misty ,
mystifying ,
nebulous ,
neutral ,
nondescript ,
nonspecific ,
obscure ,
orderless ,
out of focus ,
pale ,
permanent ,
puzzling ,
random ,
semivisible ,
shadowed forth ,
shadowy ,
shapeless ,
shilly -
shallying ,
stochastic ,
sub judice ,
sweeping ,
unbounded ,
uncertain ,
uncharacterized ,
unclear ,
uncountable ,
uncounted ,
undecided ,
undefinable ,
undefined ,
undestined ,
undestroyable ,
undetermined ,
undifferentiated ,
unerasable ,
unfixed ,
unknown ,
unlimited ,
unmeasured ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unplain ,
unrecognizable ,
unsettled ,
unspecific ,
unspecified ,
unsure ,
vacillating ,
vague ,
veiled ,
wavering ,
weak ,
wide ,
wishy -
washy
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