英语词汇“biddable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

To remember biddable, which means "obedient" and "capable of being trained," think: "able" to do your "bidding."

Certain breeds of dog, such as Golden Retrievers, are prized for their biddability. In other words, they are easy to housebreak, and you can train them to do tricks. Headstrong dachshunds are not known to be biddable. Bark "sit" and "stay" commands all you like, they listen only when it conveniences them. And cats? Your cat is likely evaluating how biddable you are turning out to be.

TASTY MORSELS

Vocabulary Shout-Out: Susann Cokal for "Biddable"

Writing about The Golem and the Jinni, a first novel by Helene Wecker that was featured on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Book Review last week, Susann Cokal used biddable, a favorite word of dog breeders and trainers, to describe the character of a golem in Wecker's novel.

"In the rabbi’s experience," Cokal writes, "golems can be biddable, but once they awaken to the taste for destruction they become unstoppable and must themselves be destroyed."

Biddable is an old word of Scottish origin that means "obedient" or, more precisely, how "able" (or likely) a creature is to do your "bidding." On biddable's Vocabulary.com Dictionary page, you can see that our usage tracker shows it cropping up in the context of children trained to be models, ego-free dogs, and a discussion of humans versus wild animals as the subject of nature shows on TV.

Come across any outstanding words in your reading this week? Stop to look anything up? Share the word you encountered in a comment below!

WORD FAMILY

biddable: biddablest, biddably+/bid: bade, biddable, bidden, bidder, bidding, bids, overbid, underbid/bidder: bidders/bidding: biddings/overbid: overbidden, overbidding, overbids/underbid: underbidding, underbids

USAGE EXAMPLES

Peruvian democracy is stronger than it was in the 1990s, and both the media and civil society are less biddable than they were.

Economist(May 31, 2016)

“Keep this biddable phrase for whispering into a nape from which the absent hair has just been swept.”

The Guardian(Feb 13, 2016)

Throughout, she’s been a hilarious corrective to the notion of models as mute and biddable clotheshorses.

The Guardian(Jun 06, 2015)

adj willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest

Syn

acquiescent
obedient

dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

单词	biddable
释义	biddable (once / 110461 pages) adj To remember biddable, which means "obedient" and "capable of being trained," think: "able" to do your "bidding." Certain breeds of dog, such as Golden Retrievers, are prized for their biddability. In other words, they are easy to housebreak, and you can train them to do tricks. Headstrong dachshunds are not known to be biddable. Bark "sit" and "stay" commands all you like, they listen only when it conveniences them. And cats? Your cat is likely evaluating how biddable you are turning out to be. TASTY MORSELS Vocabulary Shout-Out: Susann Cokal for "Biddable" Writing about The Golem and the Jinni, a first novel by Helene Wecker that was featured on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Book Review last week, Susann Cokal used biddable, a favorite word of dog breeders and trainers, to describe the character of a golem in Wecker's novel. "In the rabbi’s experience," Cokal writes, "golems can be biddable, but once they awaken to the taste for destruction they become unstoppable and must themselves be destroyed." Biddable is an old word of Scottish origin that means "obedient" or, more precisely, how "able" (or likely) a creature is to do your "bidding." On biddable's Vocabulary.com Dictionary page, you can see that our usage tracker shows it cropping up in the context of children trained to be models, ego-free dogs, and a discussion of humans versus wild animals as the subject of nature shows on TV. Come across any outstanding words in your reading this week? Stop to look anything up? Share the word you encountered in a comment below! WORD FAMILY biddable: biddablest, biddably+/bid: bade, biddable, bidden, bidder, bidding, bids, overbid, underbid/bidder: bidders/bidding: biddings/overbid: overbidden, overbidding, overbids/underbid: underbidding, underbids USAGE EXAMPLES Peruvian democracy is stronger than it was in the 1990s, and both the media and civil society are less biddable than they were. Economist(May 31, 2016) “Keep this biddable phrase for whispering into a nape from which the absent hair has just been swept.” The Guardian(Feb 13, 2016) Throughout, she’s been a hilarious corrective to the notion of models as mute and biddable clotheshorses. The Guardian(Jun 06, 2015) adj willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest Syn acquiescent obedient dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
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