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convertible

adjective
🔊/kənˈvɜːtəbl/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrtəbl/
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  1. that can be changed to a different form or use可改变的；可转换的；可兑换的
    • a convertible sofa (= one that can be used as a bed)可当作床用的沙发
    • convertible currencies (= ones that can be exchanged for those of other countries)可兑换的货币
    • convertible bonds/debt/shares/stocks/securities可转换债券/债务/股票/股票/证券
    • convertible into/to something The bonds are convertible into ordinary shares.债券可兑换为普通股。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConvertible is used with these nouns:
    • bond
    • currency
    • sofa
    • …
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  2. (of a car汽车) having a roof that you can fold down or take off活动顶篷式汽车
    • She drove her white convertible Mercedes with the roof down.她开车顶着白色敞篷奔驰车。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘interchangeable’): from Old French, from Latin convertibilis, from convertere ‘turn about’, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’.

convertible

noun
🔊/kənˈvɜːtəbl/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrtəbl/
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  1. a car with a roof that can be folded down or taken off活动顶篷式汽车
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘interchangeable’): from Old French, from Latin convertibilis, from convertere ‘turn about’, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’.