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quotable

/kwoh-tuh-buhl/US // ˈkwoʊ tə bəl //UK // (ˈkwəʊtəbəl) //

可引用的,可引用,可引证的,可引证

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
    • : suitable or appropriate for quotation: His comments were hilarious but unfortunately not quotable.

Examples

  • The epic orchestration and colorful and quotable lyrics made “Convoy” an unlikely hit, but the song actually tapped into a long history of country music that put the spotlight on the solitary lives of long-haul truck drivers.

  • Even though granted, Lincoln was incredibly smart and a great writer and super quotable, so I get that.

  • There was the dorm-room cult classic Fight Club and the endlessly quotable Mike Judge magnum opus Office Space.

  • The cascade of same-sex marriage rulings is now a torrent, each more quotable and image-ready than the last.

  • It is, on the other hand, a sizzle reel of quotable dialogue.

  • Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno, is known for catchy, quotable dialogue.

  • It is, of course, no sin that important poetry is also easily quotable.

  • When he attacked the government he was eminently quotable, and this endeared him to both reporters and editors.

  • It was a more or less pointless witticism, but it had a humorous quotable flavor, and it made Evans mad.

  • He made frequent marginal notes along the pages of the world's moral history—notes not always quotable in the family circle.

  • On every page of the book there was something pungent, something quotable; but many pages of such writing became tiresome.

  • Quotable matter is generally considered to be strongly veined with thought.