单词 | get-at-able |
释义 | get-at-ableadj. Able to be got at, reached, or obtained; accessible. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > affording access > accessible accessiblea1425 approachable?a1560 adible1568 reachable1600 accessive1611 come-at-able?1685 get-at-able1799 frequentable1843 attainable1856 1799 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 275 The book is not get-at-able. 1835 Lady Morgan Princess II. iii. 98 Lord Montressor was now in ecstasy before the superb coloured drawing of Rubens... ‘If this,’ he said, ‘were a get-at-able thing, I would bid handsomely for it.’ 1896 Rep. B. & F. Bib. Soc. 244 The people are more get-at-able than in China. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) iv. 34 The joint can either be welded on the outer edges alone, or can be welded, if required, and is get-at-able, on the inside also. 1967 M. Tippett Let. Jan. (2005) 414 Motels (at least in America) are immediately get-at-able without porter problems. 2001 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Dec. 19/1 With the phrase ‘we are all New Yorkers now’ on the loose, this book is a reminder that..you're probably not. But Manhattan is getatable in its own way. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxiv. 349 Her continuous and unappeasable sexual jitters..for any get-at-able fellow. Derivatives get-at-aˈbility n. the state or quality of being get-at-able. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with > quality of being accessible accessibleness1667 approachableness1731 accessibility1734 come-at-ability1760 come-at-ableness1837 get-at-ability1839 approachability1851 get-at-ableness1860 reachability1925 1839 Athenæum 2 Mar. 165/3 But neither pedantic symmetry nor ideological accuracy are the ends to be pursued;—(if we may coin a word to express our meaning) get-at-ability is the object. 1863 S. Smiles Industr. Biogr. 292 The pyramidal form of this engine, its great simplicity and get-at-ability of parts..have rendered it a universal favourite. 1953 Analysts Jrnl. 9 105/2 One of the ‘crying needs’ in this field is the principle of ‘get-at-ability’, to borrow an expression that is now being heard in one connotation or another in many architectural offices. 2004 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 16 Sept. 26 Accessibility, or ‘get-at-ability’, is the key to economic prosperity and social cohesion. get-ˈat-ableness n. = get-at-ability n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with > quality of being accessible accessibleness1667 approachableness1731 accessibility1734 come-at-ability1760 come-at-ableness1837 get-at-ability1839 approachability1851 get-at-ableness1860 reachability1925 1860 Amer. Jrnl. Dental Sci. 10 69 To reduce the animals to a state of get-at-ableness, and to prevent interruption to my operations, I have generally administered chloroform. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 July 4/2 Most of the dancing men preferred the get-at-ableness of Grosvenor-place. 1957 P. Grainger Let. 8 Nov. in All-round Man (1994) 271 And then there is the question of the get-at-able-ness of Dr Gerson—with a life such as mine. 1974 P. Gould & R. White Mental Maps (1986) i. 6 Relative accessibility, the ‘getatableness’ of a place in relation to others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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