inter-changeableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩/, [ɪɾ̃ɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩]

形容詞

interchangeable (not comparable)

1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

   Synonym: equivalent

   Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

   • 1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:

     Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.

   • 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 104:

     Sometimes the same words mean opposite things. Sometimes the opposite is true. Shock absorbers are called shocks. Slow down and slow up are interchangeable.

   • 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.

2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.

派生語

名詞

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.