单词 | throttleable |
释义 | throttleable in British English (ˈθrɒtləbəl) adjective (of an engine) capable of being throttled or being controlled by a throttle throttleable in American English (ˈθrɑtləbəl) adjective (in rocketry) capable of having the thrust varied Word origin [1955–60; throttle + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geodesic dome, life-support, opioid, rite of passage, rollout-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable) |
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