adjustable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that can be adjusted.
  2. Anything that can be adjusted.; Ellipsis of adjustable spanner. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,often
    — "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look." Sonny smiled and tilted the steel case so Henry could look at the jumble of rusty ironmongery inside.
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being adjusted.
  2. Capable of being adjusted.; Designed to be adjusted without difficulty. usually
    — Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.

词形变化

more adjustable comparative most adjustable superlative adjustables plural

词汇关系

衍生词
adjustable bend adjustable hitch adjustable loop adjustable pliers adjustable spanner adjustable wrench adjustably nonadjustable readjustable semiadjustable unadjustable

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English adjust
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English adjustable
From adjust + -able.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English adjust
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English adjustable
From adjust + -able.
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