audible /ˈɔːdəbl/

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外刊例句

Back in the lab, the researchers paired off their collected specimens and each toad was allowed to capture and swallow a single beetle. And then came the fireworks. As the authors note in their paper: “an explosion was audible inside each toad.” Which means that somewhere along the alimentary canal, the beetles dropped their bombs.

回到实验室，研究人员将收集到的标本配对，每只蟾蜍可以捕获并吞下一只甲虫。然后烟花就来了。作者在论文中写道：“每只蟾蜍体内都能听到爆炸声”。这意味着甲虫在消化道的某个地方扔下了炸弹。

——《科学美国人》

基本释义

audible：A sound that is audible is loud enough to be heard.

adj. 听得见的

追根溯源

单词audible里的词根audi来自拉丁语audiō，表示“听”，所以，在英语里包含audi的单词，多与此相关。例如：

audio /ɔːdiəʊ/ adj. 声音的

audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ n. 听众，观众

audition /ɔːˈdɪʃn/ n. 试听，试演

auditorium /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/ n. 礼堂；讲堂

后缀ble表示形容词，表示“可被...的”，所以，audi+ble=可被听见的