单词 | subjugable |
释义 | subjugableadj. That may be subjugated. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > capable of being domesticated reclaimable1583 domable1623 domiciliated1782 domesticable1806 subjugable1895 1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule 75 Every little particle seeming to be of a like Nature with the whole, and scarce, when in any quantity, subjugable by the motion of the Blood, or capable to be so attenuate as to pass easily the smallest channels of the Vesells. 1850 N. Brit. Rev. Feb. 437 Their evil principle, Hyle, being too passive and subjugable. 1895 N. S. Shaler Domesticated Animals 106 The ordinary buffalo of Asia, though a dull brute, is easily subjugable, even in the literal sense, for he..bears the yoke with due patience. 1910 G. Schock Hearts Contending x. 144 That first—and then to walk away into the subjugable world. 1929 U. B. Phillips Life & Labor in Old South iv. 61 The Comanches and Apaches were not easily subjugable, whether by priests or soldiers. 1994 F. J. Newmeyer in C. P. Otero Noam Chomsky xxiii. 428 Our genetic inheritance—our human nature—prevents us from being plastic, infinitely malleable beings completely subjugable to the whims of outside forces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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