Notable的意思是"显著的"或"值得注意的"(remarkable or deserving notice)。经常与它搭配使用的词有speaker、event、artist、performance、painter、law、affair、man、woman等。用作名词时,意为"名士"、"名物"。其同义形容词是conspicuous、striking或eminent、renowned;其同义名词为celebrity。例:
There is a notable(conspicuous)scar on his upper lip.