單詞
pregnable
英 ['pregn?b(?)l]
美
基本信息
- adj. 可受孕的;易受攻擊的;弱的;可攻克的
中文詞源
pregnable 易受攻擊的,弱的,可攻破的
來自古法語prenable,可占領的,可攻破的,來自(縮寫自)拉丁語prehendere,抓住,占領,詞源同comprehend,prehensile.插入字母g可能是習慣性作用。
英文詞源
- pregnable (adj.)
- 1530s, alteration of Middle English preignable, earlier prenable (early 15c.), from Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable," from stem of prendre "to take, grasp, seize," from Latin prehendere "to take hold of, to seize" (see prehensile).
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