placeable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
    — I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.
  2. In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
  3. Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being placed.

词形变化

more placeable comparative most placeable superlative placeables plural

词汇关系

相关词
employable locatum verb term

词源

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