| 单词 |
undrainable |
| 释义 |
unˈdrainable, a. [un-1 7 b.] 1. Incapable of being drained dry; inexhaustible.
1611Cotgr., Inespuisable,..vndraynable, which cannot be dryed vp, or laden dry. 1627J. Carter Plain Expos. 108 Your heauenly Father,..The undrainable Fountaine of all goodnesse. 1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox i. 6 A very plentiful and almost undreinable source of riches. 1842Tennyson Œnone 113 Overflowing revenue..from labour'd mines undrainable of ore. 2. Incapable of being freed from water by means of draining.
1852Henfrey Veget. Europe 181 Parts..irreclaimable to cultivation..being either steep arid slopes of the hills or undrainable bogs. 1884Harper's Mag. Apr. 761/1 Undrainable or undrained..surfaces. |

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