indistinct

adjective
🔊/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
🔊/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
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  1. that cannot be seen, heard or remembered clearly模糊不清的;不清楚的 synonym vague, hazy
    • an indistinct figure in the distance远处一个朦胧的身影
    • His memory of the incident was somewhat indistinct.他对那次事件的记忆有些模糊了。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndistinct is used with these nouns:
    • shape
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin indistinctus, from in- ‘not’ + distinctus ‘separated, distinguished’ (from the verb distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’).