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单词 extricable
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extricableadj.

/ˈɛkstrɪkəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin extrīcāre: see extricate v. and -able suffix.
That may or can be extricated.
a. That may be unravelled or solved (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > capable of being solved or answered
answerable1565
extricable1623
solvablea1676
solublec1705
resolvible1816
1623–6 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 863 Some Difficulty, not easily Extricable by us.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 274 With Diabolic Eden them [the Labyrinth, Catacombs, etc.] compare, They regular, and extricable are.
b. That may be set free or got out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [adjective] > extracted > able to be
extractable1682
extricablea1794
extractionable1797
a1794 W. Jones Sel. Indian Plants §28 Germ..scarce extricable from the calyx enclosing and grasping it.
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester I. 11 When deftly handled, [it] had still some delights extricable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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