| 释义 |
comˈpoundable, a.
[f. compound v. + -able.]
†1. Accordable, agreeable. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Accordable, compoundable, accordable, agreeable.
2. Capable of being compounded or combined.
1674Grew Anat. Plants, Lect. i. (1682) 227 Bodies..many, and compoundable infinite ways. 1803W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XIII. 113 Gothic words..are..far more flexible and compoundable than those of southern origin. 1870Abbott Shaks. Grammar §432 Hence ‘blame’..was considered compoundable with another adjective.
3. Capable of being commuted for money.
1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xii, A penalty of..five pounds, compoundable for a term of imprisonment. 1883Sir L. Griffin in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 489 Every offence is ordinarily compoundable for money. |