| 释义 |
roadable, a.|ˈrəʊdəb(ə)l|
[f. road n. + -able; see prec.]
Suited to being driven on roads.
1929Bookman (N.Y.) May 301/1 Motor car advertising of the past decade has brought forth the remarkable word ‘roadability’... A car that has ‘roadability’ is, presumably, ‘roadable’; that is, it can be roaded—whatever that might mean. 1935A. P. Herbert What a Word! ii. 51 What sort of a car, I wonder, is a car which is not ‘roadable’? 1972Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 4/5 A ‘roadable’ aircraft has been shown at the Detroit Motor Show... It can be driven on the road or flown from an area smaller than a football field. |