单词 | removable |
释义 | removable (once / 7680 pages) adj Removable is an adjective used to describe something that can be taken away. A temporary tattoo is removable, but a real tattoo isn't. Anything that can be taken away, taken off, or gotten rid of can be described with the adjective removable. The CEO of a company is removable, because she can be fired by the company's board of directors. Your clothes are removable, since you can take them off whenever you choose to. (Well, maybe not whenever.) Removable implies something that is ultimately impermanent or temporary. WORD FAMILYremovable: irremovable+/irremovable: irremovably/removal: removals/remove: remotion, removable, removal, removed, remover, removes, removing/remover: removers USAGE EXAMPLESBut these sleek black pumps, with removable buckles, are fundamentally sophisticated. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) They need only mild conditions and benign or removable solvents. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) The windows are installed with a removable label with the “SafeHarbor” brand name on it. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed a removable cord removable partitions Syn|Ant dismissible subject to dismissal extractable, extractiblecapable of being extracted irremovable incapable of being removed or away or dismiss tenuredappointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime 2adj able to be obliterated completely Syn obliterable eradicable able to be eradicated or rooted out |
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