Convertible

(noun.) a car that has top that can be folded or removed.

(noun.) a sofa that can be converted into a bed.

(noun.) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock).

(adj.) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; 'is lead really transmutable into gold?'; 'ideas translatable into reality' .

(adj.) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; 'convertible securities' .

(adj.) designed to be changed from one use or form to another; 'a convertible sofa'; 'a convertible coupe' .

尤因整理

• The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There are ingenious devices, termed the return gutters and convertible rails, which are worthy of description. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mind, individual method, originality (these are convertible terms) signify the quality of purposive or directed action. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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