单词 | manipulable |
释义 | manipulableadj. Able to be manipulated; flexible, tractable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > able to be operated on by hands manipulable1881 manipulatable1884 society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > mouldable or workable freec1300 malleablec1395 pliablec1475 workable1545 hammerable1611 mouldable1626 soluble1650 kind1747 plastic1791 temperable1841 mild1878 manipulable1881 1881 Brit. Trade Jrnl. 19 335 The substance..has to be rendered manipulable. 1924 Philos. Rev. 33 7 Things must be practically manipulable, conceptually describable. 1957 B. F. Skinner in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 233/1 Suffixes such as -ness or -hood are usually readily manipulable as separate elements in composing new terms. 1963 Punch 2 Jan. 21/1 A swiftly manipulable key-board. 1971 Nature 12 Feb. 445/3 As well as being easy to learn and formally manipulable,..[computer languages] should be thought-provoking. 1989 Eng. World-wide 10 42 The data-based, user-centric approach is perhaps less manipulable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881 |
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