vague 音标拼音: [v'eg]
a . 含糊的,不清楚的,茫然的
含糊的,不清楚的,茫然的
vague adj 1 :
not clearly understood or expressed ; "
an obscure turn of phrase "; "
an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit "-
Anatole Broyard ; "
their descriptions of human behavior become vague ,
dull ,
and unclear "-
P .
A .
Sorokin ; "
vague ...
forms of speech ...
have so long passed for mysteries of science "-
John Locke [
synonym :
{
obscure }, {
vague }]
2 :
not precisely limited ,
determined ,
or distinguished ; "
an undefined term "; "
undefined authority "; "
some undefined sense of excitement "; "
vague feelings of sadness "; "
a vague uneasiness " [
synonym : {
undefined }, {
vague }] [
ant : {
defined }]
3 :
lacking clarity or distinctness ; "
a dim figure in the distance "; "
only a faint recollection "; "
shadowy figures in the gloom "; "
saw a vague outline of a building through the fog "; "
a few wispy memories of childhood " [
synonym : {
dim },
{
faint }, {
shadowy }, {
vague }, {
wispy }]
Vague \
Vague \,
v .
i . [
F .
vaguer ,
L .
vagari ,
fr .
vagus roaming .]
To wander ;
to roam ;
to stray . [
Obs .] "[
The soul ]
doth vague and wander ." --
Holland .
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Vague \
Vague \,
n .
A wandering ;
a vagary . [
Obs .] --
Holinshed .
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Vague \
Vague \ (
v [=
a ]
g ),
a . [
Compar . {
Vaguer } (
v [=
a ]
g "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Vaguest }.] [
F .
vague ,
or L .
vagus .
See {
Vague },
v .
i .]
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1 .
Wandering ;
vagrant ;
vagabond . [
Archaic ] "
To set upon the vague villains ." --
Hayward .
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She danced along with vague ,
regardless eyes .
--
Keats .
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2 .
Unsettled ;
unfixed ;
undetermined ;
indefinite ;
ambiguous ;
as ,
a vague idea ;
a vague proposition .
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory ,
nor a vague ebullition of feeling . --
I .
Taylor .
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The poet turned away ,
and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery ,
which he called thought .
--
Hawthorne .
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3 .
Proceeding from no known authority ;
unauthenticated ;
uncertain ;
flying ;
as ,
a vague report .
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Some legend strange and vague . --
Longfellow .
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{
Vague year }.
See {
Sothiac year },
under {
Sothiac }.
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Syn :
Unsettled ;
indefinite ;
unfixed ;
ill -
defined ;
ambiguous ;
hazy ;
loose ;
lax ;
uncertain .
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Vague \
Vague \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
vague .]
An indefinite expanse . [
R .]
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The gray vague of unsympathizing sea . --
Lowell .
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223 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vague ":
abstract ,
aimless ,
airy ,
aleatoric ,
aleatory ,
ambiguous ,
amorphic ,
amorphous ,
amphibological ,
anarchic ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
baggy ,
bland ,
blank ,
blear ,
bleared ,
bleary ,
blind ,
blobby ,
blurred ,
blurry ,
boyish ,
broad ,
capricious ,
casual ,
chance ,
chancy ,
chaotic ,
characterless ,
clear as mud ,
clouded ,
cloudy ,
collective ,
concealed ,
confused ,
dark ,
delicate ,
desultory ,
diaphanous ,
diluted ,
dim ,
disarticulated ,
discontinuous ,
disjunct ,
disordered ,
disorderly ,
dispersed ,
disproportionate ,
doubtful ,
dreamlike ,
dreamy ,
dull ,
empty ,
equivocal ,
erratic ,
ethereal ,
expressionless ,
faint ,
featureless ,
feeble ,
filmy ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
fitful ,
flimsy ,
foggy ,
formless ,
frail ,
frivolous ,
fuzzy ,
gauzy ,
general ,
generalized ,
generic ,
girlish ,
gossamer ,
gracile ,
gratuitous ,
half -
seen ,
half -
visible ,
haphazard ,
hazy ,
hidden ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
ill -
defined ,
immethodical ,
imprecise ,
in doubt ,
inaccurate ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
inconspicuous ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indefinable ,
indefinite ,
indeterminable ,
indeterminate ,
indiscriminate ,
indistinct ,
indistinguishable ,
inexact ,
inexplicit ,
inform ,
insubstantial ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
kaleidoscopic ,
lacy ,
lax ,
light ,
loose ,
low -
profile ,
lumpen ,
meaningless ,
merely glimpsed ,
misshapen ,
misty ,
murky ,
mushy ,
nebulous ,
neutral ,
nondescript ,
nonspecific ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
obscure ,
opaque ,
orderless ,
out of focus ,
pale ,
papery ,
planless ,
promiscuous ,
puzzled ,
random ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
semivisible ,
senseless ,
shadowed forth ,
shadowy ,
shapeless ,
shrouded ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
small ,
spasmodic ,
sporadic ,
stochastic ,
straggling ,
straggly ,
subconscious ,
subliminal ,
subtle ,
svelte ,
sweeping ,
sylphlike ,
systemless ,
tenebrous ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
transcendent ,
unarranged ,
uncertain ,
uncharacterized ,
unclassified ,
unclear ,
undecided ,
undefined ,
undestined ,
undetermined ,
undifferentiated ,
undirected ,
unexplained ,
unfixed ,
ungraded ,
unintelligible ,
unjoined ,
unmethodical ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unplain ,
unrecognizable ,
unsettled ,
unsorted ,
unspecific ,
unspecified ,
unsubstantial ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
ununiform ,
vacant ,
vacillating ,
vacuous ,
vaporous ,
vapory ,
veiled ,
wandering ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
wavering ,
weak ,
wide ,
willowy ,
wiredrawn ,
wishy -
washy ,
wispy
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