单词 | tractable |
释义 | tractableadj. 1. a. That can be easily managed; docile, compliant, manageable, governable. (Of persons and animals, or their dispositions, etc.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable beisuma1225 treatable1303 waldinc1485 tractable?1504 towardly1513 obsequent1520 conformable1547 unwilful1570 sonsya1622 ductile1622 obedible1622 ductible1623 unobstinate1632 ducible1633 docile1647 fictile1676 amenable1680 tawie1786 trottya1913 ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. iii. 182 To be conuersaunt with meke, tractable or charitable company. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. The more noble courage and stomacke they be of, the more tractable they are. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 37 Rather with tractable willingnesse to learn, than with sharpnesse of wit. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D1 Im'e glad the girle Is found so tractable. 1738 G. Berkeley Let. 11 May in Wks. (1871) IV. 258 You have to do with people of no very easy or tractable spirit. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 56 A large wolf-dog,..as tractable as he was strong and bold. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ii. 45 Philip..found the Aragonese legislature by no means so tractable as the Castilian. b. Const. to with noun or infinitive; in quot. 1651, easily led or persuaded to or to do something. ΚΠ 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii To god & to the chirche full obedyent & tractable. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. E2 I..found him not onely guiltie of the crime, but tractable to be reclaimed. c1645 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 428 She is witty & very tractable to please. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 30 They are silly souls, and tractable to novelty. ΚΠ c1609 in Capt. Smith's Virginia (1624) iii. xi. 89 He had oft brought the Salvages to a tractable trade. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 203 Their education to this tractable expedition is admirable. 2. Of things (usually concrete): Easy to manage, deal with, handle, or work; manageable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed handsome1440 wieldya1450 maniable1484 willing?a1513 tractable1555 wieldsome1565 manuable1594 manageable1598 handleable1611 subject1619 manuala1631 handy1640 flippant1677 wieldablea1688 clever1715 able1741 habile1741 docile1774 sweet1883 hand-tame1911 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 334v This metall [gold] is a body tractable and bryght. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 57 On which side the ground was more tractable. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 27/1 The Nut Tree..is extremely tractable, and good for most uses. 1898 Pall Mall Mag. May 20 She had a small but exquisitely tractable voice. 1900 E. F. Scott 4th Gospel vii. 216 Elements..not wholly tractable to his method of re-interpretation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal palpable?1435 comprehensible1579 tractable1605 tangible1620 sensitive1686 phenomenic1808 phenomenal1825 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 203 These angels had palpable and tractable bodies. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 45 The visible and tractable Mater [matter]. 1694 W. Holder Disc. Time i. 16 The other Measures..are of Continued Quantity, Permanent, and Visible, and for the most part Tractable; whereas Time is always Transient,..neither to be seen, nor felt, nor reserved. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > forbearing or tolerant > endurable or tolerable portablec1450 supportablec1450 tolerablea1500 durable1509 comportable1599 tractable1605 bearable1656 endurable1800 brookable1824 liveable1841 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. H2v As soone As the coole winds haue fand [= fanned] the burning Sunne, And made it tractable for trauaylers. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. xii. 237 Eternity is the very sting of Hell: take that out, and the Sinner will think it tractable enough. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.?1504 |
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