soluble

adjective
🔊/ˈsɒljəbl/
🔊/ˈsɑːljəbl/
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  1. that can be dissolved (= mixed with a liquid until it forms part of that liquid) in a liquid可溶的
    • soluble aspirin可溶性阿司匹林
    • a highly soluble gas高度溶解的气体
    • soluble in something Glucose is soluble in water.葡萄糖可溶于水。🔊🔊
    • The disulphate was easily soluble in water.焦硫酸盐易溶于水。
    see also water-solubleTopics Physics and chemistryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    adverb
    • highly
    • very
    • easily
    preposition
    • in
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  2. (formal) (of a problem问题) that can be solved可解决的;可解的
    • The problem does not seem soluble.该问题似乎无法解决。
    opposite insoluble
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin solubilis, from solvere ‘loosen, unfasten’.