音标:[ɑ:'kein] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 神秘的, 晦涩难解的
s. requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
词型变化:形容词比较级 : arcaner ; 形容词最高级 : arcanest
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

arcane的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The technique at one time was arcane in the minds of most chemists.这种技术在大多数化学家心目中一度是神秘的。
  2. What is arcane to them is lucid to me.对他们来说深奥难解的东西对我却一清二楚。
  3. He wanders through a mysterious world of arcane theology.他在奇妙的神学领域的神秘世界之中穿梭。

经典引文

  • An old Turkey carpet, multicolored and scattered with arcane symbols.

    出自:J. Cheever
  • Sophie loses track of much of the arcane detail.

    出自:W. Styron
  • Art was therefore something arcane: if not precisely forbidden, then heavy with the possibility of discovery and guilt.

    出自:B. Mason
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