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.
雙語例句
1. This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript.
這一詞語給整套節(jié)目以暫時的意義,否則毫無特色.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road.
歐羅巴大樓是巴斯大道沿路那些成百上千幢毫無特色的建筑之一。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
從她的衣著上什么也看不出來：全是大路貨，毫無時髦優(yōu)雅之處。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The nondescript Swiss, on arrival, was to have plain clothes.
那個難以安排的瑞士人到來的時候?qū)⒋┥媳阋?
來自辭典例句
5. The nondescript bacteria were responsible for the infectivity of the filtrate.