passable

adjective

/ˈpɑːsəbl/

/ˈpæsəbl/

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fairly good but not excellent synonym satisfactory
- She put on a passable imitation of a Scottish accent.
- He served a bottle of very passable wine with the meal.
- She did a passable job of fixing her make-up.
[not usually before noun] if a road or a river is passable, it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it
- The mountain roads are not passable until late spring.
opposite impassable
Extra Examples
- The main staircase was just passable.
- making the roads passable for light vehicles
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from passer ‘to pass’.

单词	passable
释义	passable adjective /ˈpɑːsəbl/ /ˈpæsəbl/ jump to other results fairly good but not excellent synonym satisfactory She put on a passable imitation of a Scottish accent. He served a bottle of very passable wine with the meal. She did a passable job of fixing her make-up. [not usually before noun] if a road or a river is passable, it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it The mountain roads are not passable until late spring. opposite impassable Extra Examples The main staircase was just passable. making the roads passable for light vehicles Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from passer ‘to pass’.
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