vague

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An indefinite expanse.
    — The gray vague of unsympathizing sea / That dragged his fancy from her moorings back / To shores inhospitable of eldest time.
  2. A wandering; a vagary. obsolete
    — [T]he Scots had some leasure to plaie their vagues
动词 v.
  1. to wander; to roam; to stray. archaic
    — [The soul] doth vague and wander.
  2. To become vague or act in a vague manner.
    — Vaguely, yes. I've vagued all my life; that's been my curse.
  3. To make vague negative comments publicly; to make highly veiled complaints or insults. Internet,intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
    — It follows from what has been said that a vague thought has more likelihood of being true than a precise one. To try and hit an object with a vague thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a lump of putty: when the putty reaches the target, it flattens out all over it, and probably covers the bull's eye along with the rest. To try and hit an object with a precise thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a bullet. The advantage of the precise thought is that it distinguishes between the bull's eye and the rest of the target.
  2. Not having a precise meaning.
    — a vague term of abuse
  3. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
    — only a vague notion of what’s needed
  4. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
    — a vague longing
  5. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
    — Waxed-fleshed out-patients / Still vague from accidents, / And characters in long coats / Deep in the litter-baskets […]
  6. Lacking expression; vacant.
  7. Not sharply outlined; hazy.
    — He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.
  8. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
    — The Lord Gray incourag'd his men to set sharply upon the vague villains

词形变化

vaguer comparative vaguest superlative vagues plural vagues present,singular,third-person vaguing participle,present vagued participle,past vagued past

词汇关系

近义词
ambiguous equivocal fuzzy generic gray imperspicuous imprecise indeterminate indefinite indistinct murky nebulous turbid uncertain unclear undefined undefinable vague woolly
反义词
certain clear definable defined determinate definite distinct exact perspicuous precise
上位词
incomprehensible lacking
相关词
extravagant gay vague gender-vague noctivagant vagabond vagary vaguely vagueness vagus mysterious

词源

词源 1
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).
词源 2
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).
词源 3
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).
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