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If a person is inscrutable, their face does not help you at all. No smile you can trust, no , no flicker — so you cannot tell what they are feeling or thinking. People also call a look, a smile, or even a plan inscrutable when it will not give up its meaning. It is a slightly literary word, common in novels and news profiles, less common in everyday chat. Though actually, it does not mean the person is empty or cold inside; it only means nothing is showing. And it is not the same as quiet: a quiet person may still have a very readable face.
喜怒不形於色的；高深莫測的
組成From Late Latin īnscrūtābilis: in- (not) + scrūtō (to examine), i.e. in- + scrutable.
同家族的字
- inscrutabilitythe noun for this quality
- inscrutablythe adverb form
- scrutinyshares Latin scrūtō / scrutari, to examine
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inscrutableadj/ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/
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Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
- The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.
inscrutablenoun/ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/
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One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。