bridgeableadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪdʒəbl/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪdʒəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s– bridgable (nonstandard), 1800s– bridgeable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bridge v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < bridge v.¹ + -able suffix. Compare earlier unbridgeable adj.

1. Of a body of water or low-lying area, etc.: that can be spanned by a bridge.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge > that can be bridged or spanned by a bridge

bridgeable1846

1846 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 8 Sept. The route is interrupted but by one important stream, the Missouri, which is easily bridgeable.

1944 Geogr. Jrnl. 104 74 Moreover between Charikar and Parwan the Ghorband is bridgeable.

2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 8 There are wadis, steep-sided gullies, but they are likely to be dry and readily bridgeable if necessary.

2. figurative. Of a gap or difference: that may be reconciled.

ΚΠ

1862 Times 5 Aug. 11/5 They have produced enormous bloodshed..and widened an originally small—and perhaps bridgeable—gulf into a yawning chasm, on each side of which stands a separate nation.

1920 E. V. Lucas Adventures & Enthusiasms 193 The ordinary gulf..between a boy in the neighbourhood of ten and a man in the neighbourhood of five times that number was for once easily bridgeable.

1992 N.Y. Times 7 July a1/6 The differences are narrowing and they should be bridgeable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bridgeable
释义	bridgeableadj. Brit. /ˈbrɪdʒəbl/, U.S. /ˈbrɪdʒəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s– bridgable (nonstandard), 1800s– bridgeable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bridge v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < bridge v.¹ + -able suffix. Compare earlier unbridgeable adj. 1. Of a body of water or low-lying area, etc.: that can be spanned by a bridge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge > that can be bridged or spanned by a bridge bridgeable1846 1846 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 8 Sept. The route is interrupted but by one important stream, the Missouri, which is easily bridgeable. 1944 Geogr. Jrnl. 104 74 Moreover between Charikar and Parwan the Ghorband is bridgeable. 2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 8 There are wadis, steep-sided gullies, but they are likely to be dry and readily bridgeable if necessary. 2. figurative. Of a gap or difference: that may be reconciled. ΚΠ 1862 Times 5 Aug. 11/5 They have produced enormous bloodshed..and widened an originally small—and perhaps bridgeable—gulf into a yawning chasm, on each side of which stands a separate nation. 1920 E. V. Lucas Adventures & Enthusiasms 193 The ordinary gulf..between a boy in the neighbourhood of ten and a man in the neighbourhood of five times that number was for once easily bridgeable. 1992 N.Y. Times 7 July a1/6 The differences are narrowing and they should be bridgeable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1846
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