| 单词 |
shapeable |
| 释义 |
shapeable, shapable, a.|ˈʃeɪpəb(ə)l| [f. shape v. and n. + -able.] 1. Capable of being shaped, plastic.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 35 My task is to sit and study how shapeable the Independent way will be to the body of England. 1832Carlyle in Froude Remin. (1881) I. 19 What strange shapeable creatures we are! 1860Ruskin Unto this Last (1862) 71 Soft, and shapeable into love-syllables. 2. Shapely, characterized by shapeliness.
1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 146 With a Wheel..I made Things round and shapable, which before were filthy Things..to look on. 1889H. B. Wheatley How to Catalogue iii. 71 As it forms a more shapable and better-looking volume. |

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