pregnable是什么意思_pregnable的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

Some had come from Glasgow, their faces registering disbelief that they had found a fixture that neither touts nor smooth-talking could render pregnable.

有些球迷来自格拉斯哥，他们的脸上写着难以置信：他们发现这场比赛既没有黄牛党，也没有花言巧语可以过关的缝隙。

近义词

adj.

vulnerable
assailable

释义

adj.

vulnerable to attack; not impregnable

可攻克的，易受攻击的

the fort's pregnable approaches.

堡垒易受攻击的几处入口。

词源

"late Middle English： from Old French prenable, literally ‘takable'， from Latin prehendere ‘seize'. The g was sometimes written in French, perhaps indicating palatal n, but has come to be pronounced as a separate sound in English."