vague S3 / veɪɡ / 形容词

1 unclear because someone does not give enough detailed information or does not say exactly what they mean :

The governor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.

vague about

Julia was vague about where she had been and what she had been doing.

2 have a vague idea/feeling/recollection etc (that) to think that something might be true or that you remember something, although you cannot be sure :

Larry had the vague feeling he’d done something embarrassing the night before.

3 not having a clear shape or form 同义词 indistinct :

The vague shape of a figure loomed through the mist.

— vagueness 名词 [不可数名词]

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

a vague idea/notion The students only had a vague idea of what they were supposed to do.

a vague sense/feeling She had a vague feeling that she had let something important slip away.

a vague recollection/memory I have only a vague recollection of what the house looked like.

a vague impression Everything happens so quickly, though, that all you are left with is a vague impression.

a vague suspicion A vague suspicion began to tug at Benny’s mind.

a vague unease/dread I felt a vague unease.