单词 | destructible |
释义 | destructibleadj. Capable of being destroyed; liable to be destroyed. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed > capable of being destroyed destroyable1552 devourable1603 destructible1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Destructible liable to destruction. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 449 Simple substances, not consisting of parts, nor destructible by all the powers of nature. 1784 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. 1783 (Royal Soc.) 73 412 Wood, or charcoal, is even perfectly destructible, that is, resolvable into inflammable air. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xx. 483 Forces are convertible but not destructible. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 107 Destructible things, like eggs, skins, etc., are always rising or falling in value. Derivatives deˈstructibleness n. destructibility. ΚΠ 1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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