| 单词 | legible |
| 释义 | legible (once / 2096 pages) adj Legible describes readable print or handwriting. If someone tells you that your writing looks like "chicken scratch," it might not be legible, except to other chickens. Legible goes back to the Latin word legibilis, meaning "that can be read." If you can read someone's handwriting, it is legible. The person might not have perfect penmanship, but if you decipher the letters, the writing is legible. People's signatures are especially notorious for not being legible — that's why we often must print or type our names below. WORD FAMILYlegible: illegible, legibility, legiblest, legibly+/illegible: illegibility, illegibly USAGE EXAMPLESNor are Winfried’s intentions entirely legible, at least at first. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The numerals are highly legible and the date window is neatly tucked up at 6 o’clock. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) It’s a legible, if forced, metaphor for the societal hazards of algorithms and automation. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered legible handwriting Syn|Ant clean, fair (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections clear, decipherable, readableeasily deciphered illegible (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible dirty, foul, marked-up(of a manuscript) defaced with changes indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadablenot easily deciphered |
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