“tractile”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tractile

释义

tractile, a. rare.|ˈtræktɪl, -aɪl|
[ad. late L. tractil-is, f. tract-, ppl. stem of trahĕre to draw: see -il, -ile.]
†1. Capable of being drawn out to a thread.
1626Bacon Sylva §839 The Consistencies of Bodies..Fragile, Tough, Flexible, Inflexible, Tractile or to be drawne forth in length, Intractile, Porous.
2. That may be drawn, as money from a bank.
1892Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker vii, Eight thousand..was liquid and actually tractile in the bank.
¶3. Erron. used for tractive.
1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 539 The distinction they have drawn between the tractile capabilities of the horse and the dog.
Hence tractility |trækˈtɪlɪtɪ|, the quality of being tractile; in quot. 1838, fig. capacity of being drawn out or protracted.
1713Derham Phys.-Theol. v. ix. 350 Silver, whose Ductility and Tractility are very much inferiour to those of Gold.1838B. Corney Controversy 9 His subject possesses tractility.

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