unmentionable
- IPA[ʌnˈmɛnʃənəbl]
英式
- too embarrassing, offensive, or shocking to be spoken about
- a person or thing that is too shocking or embarrassing to be mentioned by name;underwear.
noun: unmentionable, plural noun: unmentionables
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. too embarrassing, offensive, or shocking to be spoken about the unmentionable subject of incontinence
名詞
- 1. humorous a person or thing that is too shocking or embarrassing to be mentioned by name wearing nothing but fig leaves over their unmentionables
- ▪ humorous underwear.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˌənˈmen(t)SH(ə)nəbəl]
美式
- too embarrassing, offensive, or shocking to be spoken about: the unmentionable subject of incontinence
- a person or thing that is too shocking or embarrassing to be mentioned by name: wearing nothing but fig leaves over their unmentionables
Oxford American Dictionary