In predicative use. With to, †upon. Likely to suffer from or be affected by; vulnerable or exposed to.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable (71) openeOE In predicative use. With to, †upon. Likely to suffer from or be affected by; vulnerable or exposed to. subjectc1384 Exposed or open to, prone to, or liable to suffer from something damaging, deleterious, or disadvantageous. pregnablec1475 figurative. Open to attack, vulnerable, assailable; accessible. opportunea1500 Liable or open to attack or injury. Obsolete. rare. casuala1535 Subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious. Obsolete. wide open?1544 Exposed to attack; unprotected, very vulnerable; off one's guard. Frequently figurative, esp. in to leave (oneself) wide open (to something). obnoxious1572 Liable, subject, exposed, or open to a thing (esp. something actually or possibly harmful). (The usual sense before the 19th cent.) Now rare. assailable1589 Capable of being assailed; open to assault or attack. liable1593 Exposed or subject to, or likely to suffer from (something prejudicial); in older use with wider sense, †subject to the operation of (any agency)… abnoxious1611 = obnoxious, adj. 1a. Obsolete. woundable1611 Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. obnoxious1612 Without to or infinitive. Liable or exposed to harm. Obsolete. rare. speeding1612 Liable to a fatal wound. Obsolete. infectible1634 = infectable, adj. Also: †capable of infecting, infectious (obsolete). sufferable1651 That may suffer injury or loss. Obsolete. attackable1656 Able to be attacked (in various senses); vulnerable to attack. vulnerable1678 figurative. Open to attack or injury of a non-physical nature; esp., offering an opening to the attacks of raillery, criticism, calumny, etc. prejudicial1682 Liable to be prejudiced or injured. Obsolete. rare. threatenable1841 that may be threatened. doable1849 Capable of being swindled or victimized (see do, v. 20). Obsolete. rare. infectable1860 Susceptible to infection or a particular infection; capable of being infected (by or with a disease, organism, etc.). Also figurative. Cf. infectible… Subcategories:— unprotected (23) — unguarded (10) — unsheltered or exposed (9) — not affording shelter or protection (4) — that cannot be sheltered from (1) — having no guardian or keeper (2) — without protection like that of parent (1) |
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