flyableadj.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < fly v.¹ + -able suffix.

1. Hunting colloquial. That can be flown or leapt over.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > able to be jumped over

flyable1893

1893 Field 11 Feb. 188/3 An Irish bank is not ‘flyable’.

2. Of weather: suitable for flying. Of goods: transportable by air. Of an aircraft: that is capable of flying or of being flown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > suitable for specific purpose

fishable1892

flyable1936

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [adjective] > suitable for flying (of weather)

flyable1936

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adjective] > transportable by air (of goods)

flyable1960

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [adjective] > airworthy

airworthy1829

flyable1963

1936 J. Grierson High Failure xii. 271 M^cNab arranged..to take me out to Robert Bruce [name of aeroplane], provided the weather should be flyable.

1945 Times 3 Aug. 5/6 Forecasters who are amazingly expert at assessing how long the weather will remain flyable at night at any particular airfield in the country.

1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 151/4 The more ephemeralization advances the more flyable becomes any one cargo.

1963 Economist 30 Nov. 928/3 A real flyable aeroplane.

1970 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 61/1 A corrugated silver Ford Tri-Motor in flyable condition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flyable
释义	flyableadj. Brit. /ˈflʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈflaɪəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < fly v.¹ + -able suffix. 1. Hunting colloquial. That can be flown or leapt over. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > able to be jumped over flyable1893 1893 Field 11 Feb. 188/3 An Irish bank is not ‘flyable’. 2. Of weather: suitable for flying. Of goods: transportable by air. Of an aircraft: that is capable of flying or of being flown. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > suitable for specific purpose fishable1892 flyable1936 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [adjective] > suitable for flying (of weather) flyable1936 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adjective] > transportable by air (of goods) flyable1960 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [adjective] > airworthy airworthy1829 flyable1963 1936 J. Grierson High Failure xii. 271 M^cNab arranged..to take me out to Robert Bruce [name of aeroplane], provided the weather should be flyable. 1945 Times 3 Aug. 5/6 Forecasters who are amazingly expert at assessing how long the weather will remain flyable at night at any particular airfield in the country. 1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 151/4 The more ephemeralization advances the more flyable becomes any one cargo. 1963 Economist 30 Nov. 928/3 A real flyable aeroplane. 1970 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 61/1 A corrugated silver Ford Tri-Motor in flyable condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1893
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