elusive
英 [ɪ'l(j)uːsɪv]
美[ɪ'lusɪv]
- adj. 难懂的；易忘的；逃避的；难捉摸的
英英释意
- 1. difficult to describe;
- "a haunting elusive odor"
- 2. skillful at eluding capture;
- "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
- 3. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;
- "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"
- "a subtle difference"
- "that elusive thing the soul"