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单词 swipeable
释义

swipeableadj.

Brit. /ˈswʌɪpəbl/, U.S. /ˈswaɪpəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1900s– swipable, 1900s– swipeable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swipe v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < swipe v. + -able suffix.
That can be swiped (in various senses); spec. (of a plastic card, such as a credit card or identity card) that can be passed through an electronic device which reads magnetically encoded data. Cf. swipe card n. at swipe n.2 Additions.
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1944 Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 4 May 5/2 Comics may not be contraband but they're swipeable.
1987 Field & Stream May 162 [A column]..I read regularly for amusement, edification, and the possibility that I might come across something swipable.
1994 Independent 12 May 5 The 940 million benefit payments made each year, which account for one-third of post office counter transactions, could eventually be paid through ‘swipeable’ cards rather than benefit books.
2002 BusinessWeek 18 Mar. 14/1 Last year, Starbucks..came up with a swipeable smart card that cut time spent paying from 20 seconds to four.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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