| 释义 |
mov·able
I. adjective
or move·able \ˈmüvəbəl\
Etymology: Middle English mevable, movable, from meven, moven to move + -able — more at move
1. obsolete
a. : fickle, inconstant
b. : inclined to move or quick in movement
2.
a. : capable of being moved : not fixed : not stationary
< a device with a movable attachment >
: not restricted to one position or location
< movable hexachord >
< movable clef sign >
b. of property
(1) : that can be removed or displaced and that is thus usually personal rather than real
< movable wealth >
< movable goods >
(2) Scots law : that does not descend to an heir by inheritance : that is not heritable
3. : that varies chronologically; specifically : that varies in calendar date from one year to the next
< a movable holiday >
4. : alternating with zero morphophonemically or in etymologies
5. of a letter or sound : that in some forms or in some verbal environments is sometimes present (as for euphony) and sometimes absent — compare nu movable, quiescent
6. : pronounced as distinguished from quiescent
< movable consonants and syllables in Hebrew >
II. noun
or moveable \“\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mevable, from mevable, movable, adjective
1. : a piece of property (as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced : a movable piece of property
2. Scots law : a piece of property that is not heritable |