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 一种极易溶解的气体 - 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- highly
- very
- easily
- …
- in
- (formal)
(of a problem 问题 that can be solved 可解决的；可解的 The problem does not seem soluble. 这个问题似乎无法解决。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin solubilis, from solvere ‘loosen, unfasten’.