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pregnable

/preg-nuh-buhl/US // ˈprɛg nə bəl //UK // (ˈprɛɡnəbəl) //

可怀孕,可怀孕的,可孕,可以怀孕

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
    • : open to attack; assailable: a pregnable argument.

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Examples

  • In another instant I was working my ramrod through the earthen roof of our air-tight, although scarcely pregnable citadel.

  • A cute old soul was Biddy, and extensive the knowledge experience had given her of the pregnable points of general character.

  • The city was encircled by walls and fortifications of great strength and height, and scarcely pregnable even if accessible.

  • At the inhospitable silence they waxed restive; they assaulted and forced the pregnable barriers, and invaded the premises.

  • He did not know each man has his weak point, and that Mortomley's pregnable spot lay close to the colours himself had begotten.