释义 |
coˈrrectible, a. [f. correct v. + -ible.] = correctable a.; also applied to a typewriter ribbon whose mistakes can be corrected by overtyping with a correcting tape. (Less frequent than correctable.)
1889in Cent. Dict. 1903Southwestern Reporter (U.S.) (1904) LXXVII. 404/1 The exercise of such discretion is reviewable on appeal, and correctible in cases of abuse. 1978Washington Post 18 Jan. d16/3 There was ‘nothing identifiable or correctible’ that could be done to change the decision by Mobil's board of directors. 1983Your Computer (Austral.) Nov. 53/2 For really top-notch presentation-style output.., I use the yellow-coded correctible carbon ribbon with its ‘yellow’ lift-off correcting tape. |