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单词 unclosable
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unclosableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkləʊzəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkləʊzəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkloʊzəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– uncloseable, 1800s– unclosable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, close v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + close v. + -able suffix.Compare earlier Older Scots unclausible (apparently < un- prefix1 + classical Latin claus- , past participial stem of claudere to shut (see claudent adj.) + -ible suffix):1633 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 201 Thy eies remaining unclausible for floods of tears.
That cannot be closed.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > that cannot be closed
unclosable1684
1684 E. Settle Present State Eng. in Relation to Popery 21 That uncloseable Chasme, that never to be cemented Breach between Englishmen and Popery.
1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 14 Another..shall find his eyes as uncloseable as a statue's.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 139 Who are these, that next the unclosable portals..Gather in one.
1928 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 July 12/4 In the seven furlong event..Dixie went out like a flash, opened an uncloseable gap and passed under the wire an easy winner.
1989 M. Piesman Unorthodox Pract. vi. 48 The doors had swollen to unclosable proportions.
2002 N.Y. Times 27 June (Circuits section) g1/1 A proliferation of advertising with features like pop-up windows..and self-propagating, unclosable windows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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