| 单词 |
writable |
| 释义 |
writable, a.|ˈraɪtəb(ə)l|
Also writeable.
[f. write v. + -able.]
1. That may be written; capable of being reduced to or set down in writing.
1782F. Burney Diary 30 Oct., The talk was by no means writable; but very pleasant. 1799Coleridge in Sandford T. Poole (1888) I. 300, I go to the famous Harz Mountains..to see the mines... On my return I will write you all that is writable. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. III. ii. 97 All written or writable law respecting the arts is for the childish and ignorant. 1913G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Mar. (1952) 104, I have written everything that is writeable: The rest must be viva voce. 1926B. Karlgren Philol. & Anc. China vii. 159 If the literary language is based on the modern colloquial language, it should..also be writable phonetically. 1970IEEE Trans. Computers XIX. 710/2 The control memory of LX-1 is read-only with respect to the microprogram, but is externally writeable. 1983Sci. Amer. Mar. 43/2 Endowing a computer with a writable control store is a way of removing the hardware barrier from user microprogramming.
2. Suitable for writing with.
1844Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. 267, I am turning this pen round and round to find a writable side to it. |
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