| 释义 |
undiˈssolvable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
= indissoluble a.
(a)1611Cotgr., Indissoluble, indissoluble,..vndissolueable. 1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire 64 God hath bound vs together by an vndissolueable band of necessitie. 1656Osborne Adv. Son 57 This requires Love to be ushered into this undissolveable noose, by Discretion. 1702Rowe Tamerl. iii. i, That holy Knot, which ty'd once, all Mankind Agree to hold Sacred, and Undissolvable.
(b)1705T. Greenhill Art Embalming 153 The Sands..over-whelm Passengers.., who..are thro' the power of the hot Sun..so dry'd, they become..for ever undissolvable. 1756F. Home Exper. Bleaching 268 There remained half a grain of powder that was undissolvable by the spirit. |