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operable (adj.)
[operable 词源字典]
1640s, "practicable," from
operate
+
-able
, or else from Late Latin
operabilis
. Surgical sense, "capable of treatment by operation," recorded by 1904. Related:
Operability
.
[operable etymology, operable origin, 英语词源]