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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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