-ible
/əbl/suffix
forming adjectives [构成形容词]
1
- able to be表示“能(被)…的”:
audible
defensible.
2
- suitable for being表示“适合(被)…的”:
reversible
edible.
3
- causing表示“引起…的”:
terrible
horrible.
4
- having the quality to表示“有…性的”:
descendible
passible.
词源
from French -ible or Latin -ibilis.