impervious
美音:
[ım´pə:vıəs
]英音:
[ım´pə:vıəs
]adj.不让进入,不会受到损伤的,密封的,不受影响的
难易程度:
impervious为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:imperviousness 副词:imperviously
近义词, 同义词
impervious
/ɪm'pɜ:vɪəs; ɪm`pɝvɪəs/
adj ~ (to sth)
1 not allowing water, gas, etc to pass through 不容液体、气体等透过的; 不能渗透的
*This material is impervious to rain-water. 这种材料防雨.
2 not affected or influenced by sth 不受某事物影响的; 无动于衷的
*impervious to criticism, argument, fear 对批评我行我素的、对争论不闻不问的、将恐惧置之度外的.
impervious
adj [not before noun]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: impervius, from pervius 'allowing things to pass through', from per 'through' + via 'way']
formal not affected or influenced by something and seeming not to notice it
impervious to
His ego was impervious to self-doubt.
technical not allowing anything to enter or pass through
impervious volcanic rock
impervious to
materials that are impervious to water