colourable

a. 可着色的, 具有欺骗性的, 似是而非的, 貌似可取的 [法] 虚伪的, 假的, 表面的

发音

UK /ˈkʌləɹəb(ə)l/

别名

colorable

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Colourful.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Apparently true; specious; potentially justifiable.

    they told him their comming was for some extraordinary tooles and shift of apparell; by this colourable excuse, they obtained 6. or 7. more to their confederacie […].

  3. 3.

    Deceptive; fake, misleading.

    古体 法律
  4. 4.

    Deceptive; fake, misleading.

    In appearance only; not in reality what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned.

    古体 法律
  5. 5.

    That can be coloured.

词源

From colour + -able.

来源:wiktionary