stabile
stabile — adjective
- stabilepositive
- stabilercomparative
- stabilestsuperlative
1. Staying in one fixed place; not meant to be relocated.
Staying in one fixed place; not meant to be relocated.
The hospital bed is stabile and cannot be rolled to another room.
stabile + and + cannot be moved construction
Bilal fixed the shelf to the wall so it stayed stabile during the storm.
Unlike a laptop, the old desktop computer was stabile on its stand.
Stabile objects inside a moving truck must be tied down carefully.
The garden bench was heavy and stabile, so the wind could not tip it over.
- fixed
more common in everyday speech
- stationary
very similar in meaning, more widely used
- immovable
emphasises the impossibility of moving
用法筆記
Common in technical or formal descriptions of furniture, equipment, and structures. Often paired with a negation (e.g., 'not stabile') or contrasted with 'mobile' or 'movable'.
常見錯誤
2. Not breaking down or reacting easily when exposed to heat, chemicals, or other p
Not breaking down or reacting easily when exposed to heat, chemicals, or other physical conditions.
This compound is stabile at high temperatures and will not decompose.
stabile at [temperature/condition] pattern
Unlike some vitamins, this mineral is stabile when exposed to light.
Kofi tested whether the new material was stabile in salt water for weeks.
Mira confirmed the polymer was stabile — it survived three hours in acid without changing.
- stable
more general term; 'stabile' is the technical counterpart in scientific contexts
- inert
implies resistance to chemical reaction specifically
- nonreactive
directly describes the lack of reactivity
用法筆記
Primarily used in scientific writing — chemistry, physics, and materials science. Not interchangeable with 'stable' in general contexts (e.g., 'stable relationship' cannot use 'stabile').
常見錯誤
stabile — noun
1. A sculpture, typically made of metal or other materials, whose parts are fixed i
A sculpture, typically made of metal or other materials, whose parts are fixed in position and do not move — in contrast to a mobile.
The museum placed the large red stabile in the centre of the garden.
stabile as a physical object in a location
Lauren admired the metal stabile shaped like a bird in the gallery.
Unlike Calder's mobiles, his stabiles do not sway or rotate in the wind.
Children at the park ran around the giant stabile and touched its steel surface.
- static sculpture
descriptive but less precise in art-historical terms
- standing sculpture
focuses on the fact it stands on a base
- mobile
a hanging sculpture that moves in air currents; Calder's counterpart to the stabile
用法筆記
The term is strongly associated with the artist Alexander Calder, who coined it as the counterpart to his 'mobiles'. Often used in art criticism and museum descriptions.