audible /ˈɔːdəbl/
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外刊例句
Back in the lab, the researchers paired off their collected specimens and each toad was allowed to capture and swallow a single beetle. And then came the fireworks. As the authors note in their paper: “an explosion was audible inside each toad.” Which means that somewhere along the alimentary canal, the beetles dropped their bombs.
回到實驗室,研究人員將收集到的標本配對,每隻蟾蜍可以捕獲併吞下一隻甲蟲。然後煙花就來了。作者在論文中寫道:“每隻蟾蜍體內都能聽到爆炸聲”。這意味著甲蟲在消化道的某個地方扔下了炸彈。
——《科學美國人》
基本釋義
audible:A sound that is audible is loud enough to be heard.
adj. 聽得見的
追根溯源
單詞audible裡的詞根audi來自拉丁語audiō,表示“聽”,所以,在英語裡包含audi的單詞,多與此相關。例如:
audio /ɔːdiəʊ/ adj. 聲音的
audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ n. 聽眾,觀眾
audition /ɔːˈdɪʃn/ n. 試聽,試演
auditorium /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/ n. 禮堂;講堂
字尾ble表示形容詞,表示“可被...的”,所以,audi+ble=可被聽見的