English-Thai Dictionary

elusive

ADJ ยาก ที่จะ หา  ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ  yak-ti-ja-ha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELUSIVE

a.Practicing elusion; using arts to escape. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELUSIVE

ELUSIVE E *lu "sive, a.

 

Defn: Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope. -- E *lu "sive *ly, adv. -- E *lu "sive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

elusive

e lu sive |iˈlo͞osiv iˈlusɪv | ▶adjective difficult to find, catch, or achieve: success will become ever more elusive. • difficult to remember or recall: the elusive thought he had had moments before. DERIVATIVES e lu sive ly adverb, e lu sive ness noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin elus- ‘eluded ’ (from the verb eludere ) + -ive .

 

Oxford Dictionary

elusive

elu |sive |ɪˈl (j )uːsɪv | ▶adjective difficult to find, catch, or achieve: success will become ever more elusive. • difficult to remember: the elusive thought he had had moments before. DERIVATIVES elusively adverb, elusiveness noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin elus- ‘eluded ’ (from the verb eludere ) + -ive .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

elusive

elusive adjective 1 her elusive husband: difficult to find; evasive, slippery; informal always on the move. 2 an elusive quality: indefinable, intangible, impalpable, ambiguous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

elusive

elusive adjective 1 he tried to reach her by telephone, but she continued to be elusive: difficult to catch /find, difficult to track down; evasive, slippery, shifty; informal always on the move, cagey. 2 the notion of meaning is exceedingly elusive and complex: subtle, indistinct, indefinite, ambiguous, indefinable, intangible, impalpable, unanalysable, fugitive, deceptive, baffling. ANTONYMS clear. 3 as usual she gave an elusive answer: ambiguous, baffling, puzzling, misleading, evasive, equivocal, deceptive; rare elusory.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elusive

e lu sive /ɪlúːsɪv /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人 動物などが 〉うまくのがれる ; 捕らえにくい, 見つけにくい .2 理解しにくい, 捕らえどころのない ; 思い出せない .3 〈結果などが 〉手に入れにくい, 達成しがたい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞