| 释义 |
takeable, takable, a.|ˈteɪkəb(ə)l|
[f. take v. + -able.]
Capable of being taken; that may or can be taken; in various senses; in first quot., comprehensible, intelligible (see take v. 46).
c1449Pecock Repr. i. ii. 11 Which..is not takeable of mannis witt. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. vi. (1675) 116 Necessary to the rendring these Medicines takable by me. 1803Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 21/1 In the last war we had taken every thing that was takeable. 1826Examiner 772/1 Every take-able seat in the house had been taken. 1893Temple Bar Mag. XCVII. 608 It is the only one takable, and I take it. |