| 释义 |
jeepable, a.|ˈdʒiːpəb(ə)l|
[f. jeep n. + -able.]
Negotiable by jeep.
1944Daily Tel. 12 July 4/6 A new word is now being used on the maps of the South-East Asia Command. It designates tracks impassable to vehicles other than jeeps. These are marked as ‘jeepable’. 1946G. Hanley Monsoon Victory vii. 71 The infantry battalions took off their jackets and started to lay thousands of logs across the mud in an endeavour to make the road even ‘Jeepable’. 1960D. Moraes Gone Away 195 There are two passes into Tibet: the Jelep La and the more strategically important Nathu La, to which a jeepable road has been constructed from Gangtok. 1967Guardian 19 Jan. 9/4 Now at least many roads are jeepable. |