1. describes something — usually a solid like a tablet, pill, or thread — that will
1.形容詞C1
釋義
可溶解的
放入液體中會化開、不留固體殘渣的
describes something — usually a solid like a tablet, pill, or thread — that will melt away when placed in water or another liquid, leaving no solid pieces behind.
例句
Owen swallowed the dissolvable pain tablet with a small sip of warm water.
Owen 配著一小口溫水吞下了那顆可溶解的止痛錠。
collocation: dissolvable tablet / pill
The surgeon closed the small wound with dissolvable stitches that vanish in about ten days.
plain-English opposite, often used for permanent stitches or fixed parts
用法筆記
Most often used attributively before a noun (dissolvable stitch / tablet / bag) rather than after 'be'. The substance is the subject of dissolving; the liquid is the agent introduced by 'in'.
常見錯誤
The sugar is dissolvable in my coffee right now.
The sugar is dissolving in my coffee right now.
'dissolvable' describes a permanent property (capable of dissolving), not an action happening now.