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单词 overturnable
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overturnableadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtəːnəbl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtərnəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overturn v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < overturn v. + -able suffix.
Able to be overturned.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset > able to be
overturnable1684
1684 Minute Dublin Soc. 24 July in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 323 A commodious land-carriage..far more secure than any coach, not being overturnable by any hight, on which the wheels can possibly move.
c1795 in Living Age (1883) 157 180 Roaring, screaming, disputing, fighting, knocking down every overturnable thing day and night.
1973 Philos. & Public Affairs 3 61 Any distributional pattern with any egalitarian component is overturnable by the voluntary actions of individual persons over time.
2001 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. 3 An official decision has been reached—even though it is overturnable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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