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語源

From Old French movable. Surface etymology is move +‎ -able.

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形容詞

movable (comparative more movable, superlative most movable)

1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary
   • 1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola

     The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.

2. Changing from one time to another

   This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year.

反意語

• immovable

派生語

• movable alphabet
• movable letter

名詞

movable (複数形 movables)

1. Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.