unattackableadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnəˈtakəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənəˈtækəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.

1. Not liable or open to assault.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked > not

unassaultable1571

unassailable1596

unattemptable1656

unattackable1805

1805 Ld. Grenville in Dk. Buckingham Mem. Geo. III (1855) III. 457 I am confident that Toulon is absolutely unattackable with such a force as you speak of.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xii. 563 Height which he judged unattackable, and on the side of which he pitches his camp accordingly.

2. Not susceptible to the effects of detrimental or dissolvent agencies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > indissoluble

indissoluble1794

unattackable1881

1881 Nature 14 July 249/1 The oxides formed on the surface may preserve it by their very presence, furnishing a sort of unattackable varnish.

1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 649 To make some of the particles of gold wholly unattackable by mercury.

Derivatives

unaˈttackably adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [adverb] > not liable to attack

unattackably1865

unassailably1874

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiii. 341 So unattackably strong was this position at Klein Kamin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unattackable
释义	unattackableadj. Brit. /ˌʌnəˈtakəbl/, U.S. /ˌənəˈtækəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b. 1. Not liable or open to assault. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked > not unassaultable1571 unassailable1596 unattemptable1656 unattackable1805 1805 Ld. Grenville in Dk. Buckingham Mem. Geo. III (1855) III. 457 I am confident that Toulon is absolutely unattackable with such a force as you speak of. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xii. 563 Height which he judged unattackable, and on the side of which he pitches his camp accordingly. 2. Not susceptible to the effects of detrimental or dissolvent agencies. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > indissoluble indissoluble1794 unattackable1881 1881 Nature 14 July 249/1 The oxides formed on the surface may preserve it by their very presence, furnishing a sort of unattackable varnish. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 649 To make some of the particles of gold wholly unattackable by mercury. Derivatives unaˈttackably adv. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adverb] > not liable to attack unattackably1865 unassailably1874 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiii. 341 So unattackably strong was this position at Klein Kamin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1805
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