单词 | manipulatable |
释义 | manipulatableadj. = manipulable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > able to be operated on by hands manipulable1881 manipulatable1884 1884 R. Hart Let. 13 Dec. in J. K. Fairbank et al. I. G. in Peking (1975) I. 581 I have quarried the marble I wanted for a statue, and I have also chipped the block into manipulate-able form. 1899 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 13 Jan. 17 There is a vast field open for a surface of this kind—a slow emulsion, manipulatable in actinic light. 1948 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 13 312/1 With social prediction raised to such a high level the most manipulatable variables can be manipulated and so increase social control. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating ix. 204 One must expect to find numerous and subtle distinctions, which cannot easily be reduced to readily manipulatable rules. 1970 Computers & Humanities 4 327 These three considerations are separable and individually manipulatable. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2663/2 Cauliflower mosaic virus..was considered as a virus of choice..based on its more readily manipulatable double stranded..DNA genome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884 |
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