able

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈeɪ.bl̩/|[ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩]    美 /ˈeɪ.bl̩/|[ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩]|/ˈæbl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make ready. obsolete,transitive
  2. To make capable; to enable. obsolete,transitive
  3. To dress. obsolete,transitive
  4. To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm. obsolete,transitive
  5. To vouch for; to guarantee. obsolete,transitive
    — None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em.
  6. present participle and gerund of can form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — I might be able to go.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
    — She is able to lift the box without assistance.
  2. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
    — In a democratic world you'd be able to say what you thought wherever you were.
  3. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
    — The chairman was also an able sailor.
  4. Legally qualified or competent.
    — He is able to practice law in six states.
  5. Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
  6. Having the physical strength; robust; healthy. dialectal,obsolete
    — After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully able.
  7. Easy to use. obsolete
    — As the hands are the most habil parts of the body...
  8. Suitable; competent. obsolete
    — […] and for every able man servant that he or she shall carry or send armed and provided as aforesaid, ninety acres of land of like measure.
  9. Liable to. dialectal,obsolete
  10. Rich; well-to-do. obsolete
    — He was born to an able family.

词形变化

abler comparative ablest superlative hable alternative,obsolete ables present,singular,third-person abling participle,present abled participle,past abled past hable alternative,obsolete hable alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
ability able-bodied able-bodism able-bodyism able-bodyist ableism ableist able-minded ablenationalism ablenationalist ableness ablenormative ablenormativity able rating able seaman ablesplain able whackets ablings ably aiblins be able differently able disability disable disabled disablism enable inable reablement transableism unable abled
相关词
-able -ible

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habeō
Proto-Indo-European *-elis
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -ilis
Latin habilis
Old French ablebor.
Middle English able
English able
From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”). Doublet of habile.
词源 2
From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).
词源 3
From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.
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