1680s, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere (see describe). General sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806.
实用例句
1. This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript.
这一词语给整套节目以暂时的意义,否则毫无特色.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road.
欧罗巴大楼是巴斯大道沿路那些成百上千幢毫无特色的建筑之一。来自柯林斯例句
3. Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
从她的衣着上什么也看不出来：全是大路货，毫无时髦优雅之处。来自柯林斯例句
4. The nondescript Swiss, on arrival, was to have plain clothes.
那个难以安排的瑞士人到来的时候将穿上便衣.来自辞典例句
5. The nondescript bacteria were responsible for the infectivity of the filtrate.
