unflappable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily.
    — The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object.

词形变化

more unflappable comparative most unflappable superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English flap
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English unflappable
From un- + flap (“to upset, stir”) + -able.
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