divisible

adjective

/dɪˈvɪzəbl/

[not usually before noun]

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divisible (into something) that can be divided可除；可除尽
- Plants are divisible into three main groups.植物可以划分为 3 大类。
- He argued that all matter was infinitely divisible.他认为所有物质都是无限可分的。
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divisible (by something) (mathematics数学) that can be divided, usually with nothing left over可除；可除尽
- 8 is divisible by 2 and 4, but not by 3.8 可被 2 和 4 除尽，但不能被 3 除尽。
opposite indivisible
Extra Examples
- A prime number is evenly divisible only by itself and 1.质数仅能被其自身和 1 整除。
- Twelve is divisible by four.12 可被 4 除尽。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- infinitely
- evenly
preposition
- by
- into
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Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin divisibilis, from divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere ‘force apart, remove’.