datable
UK/'deɪtəb(ə)l/US/'deitәbl/
C2
Definitions
adj.
Able to be assigned a specific date
可确定年代的
Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddategive
+
-ablecapable of, worthy of
=datable
date + -able = able to be dated, i.e. its age or time can be worked out.
Example Sentences
- 1.
The pottery is datable to the early Bronze Age.
- 2.
Only a few of the fragments are precisely datable.