| 单词 | pregnable |
| 释义 | pregnable —pregnability, n. /preg"neuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress. 2. open to attack; assailable: a pregnable argument. [1400-50; late ME prenable < MF prenable, pregnable, equiv. to pren- (weak s. of prendre to seize, take < L pre(he)ndere; see PREHENSION) + -able -ABLE; -g- perh. from obs. expugnable (in same sense)] |
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