| 释义 |
† ˈfailable, a. Obs.
[f. fail v. + -able.]
Liable to fail or give way; unreliable.
1561Eden Arte Navig. Pref. {fatpara}iij b, Such signes are fayleable. 1576Tyde Tarryeth no Man in J. P. Collier Illustr. Eng. Pop. Lit. xvi. 70 It is a thing but fayleable and vayne. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 129 This [plan] was yet never failable to me since I found it. |