“opposable”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

opposable

释义

opposable, a.|əˈpəʊzəb(ə)l|
[f. oppose v.² + -able.]
1. Capable of being opposed, withstood, or placed in opposition (to). rare.
1667[implied in unopposable].1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 151 The application is either opposable or unopposable.1829― Justice & Cod. Petit. 195 No arguments will be found opposable to it other than ungrounded assertions.
2. Of a digit, esp. the thumb: Capable of being opposed to, or applied so as to meet, another.
1833Penny Cycl. I. 442/2 Those [monkeys] of Africa and Asia have completely opposable thumbs on the fore-feet as well as on the hind.1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 253 A freedom of the digits, with some opposable faculty in them.1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 129 A thumb is..a finger so arranged as to be opposable to the other fingers.

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