undrainableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdrainable.

1. Incapable of being drained dry; inexhaustible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance > unfailing or inexhaustible

unfailinga1382

unwastable?1578

unemptiable1593

undrainable1611

unexhaustible1656

intarissable1661

exhaustless1712

unspendable1876

unlimited1878

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inespuisable,..vndraynable, which cannot be dryed vp, or laden dry.

1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 108 Your heauenly Father,..The undrainable Fountaine of all goodnesse.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox i. 6 A very plentiful and almost undreinable source of riches.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 123 Overflowing revenue..‘from..labour'd mines undrainable of ore’.

2. Incapable of being freed from water by means of draining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [adjective] > unable

undrainable1852

1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 181 Parts..irreclaimable to cultivation..being either steep arid slopes of the hills or undrainable bogs.

1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 761/1 Undrainable or undrained..surfaces.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	undrainable
释义	undrainableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdrainable. 1. Incapable of being drained dry; inexhaustible. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance > unfailing or inexhaustible unfailinga1382 unwastable?1578 unemptiable1593 undrainable1611 unexhaustible1656 intarissable1661 exhaustless1712 unspendable1876 unlimited1878 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inespuisable,..vndraynable, which cannot be dryed vp, or laden dry. 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 108 Your heauenly Father,..The undrainable Fountaine of all goodnesse. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox i. 6 A very plentiful and almost undreinable source of riches. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 123 Overflowing revenue..‘from..labour'd mines undrainable of ore’. 2. Incapable of being freed from water by means of draining. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [adjective] > unable undrainable1852 1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 181 Parts..irreclaimable to cultivation..being either steep arid slopes of the hills or undrainable bogs. 1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 761/1 Undrainable or undrained..surfaces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1611
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