not well known synonym unknown无名的;鲜为人知的 an obscure German poet 一个名不见经传的德国诗人 We went to see one of Shakespeare’s more obscure plays. 我们去看了莎士比亚的一部比较晦涩的戏剧。 He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure. 他生于 1650 年前后,但身世不详。 The origins of the tradition have become obscure. 这个传统的起源已经不清楚了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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difficult to understand 费解的;难以理解的 I found her lecture very obscure. 我觉得她的讲座非常费解。 For some obscure reason, he failed to turn up. 他莫名其妙地没有如期露面。 The meaning of his comment was obscure to everyone but himself. 除了他自己,其他人都不明白他的话的意思。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.