changeable

英 ['tʃeɪn(d)ʒəb(ə)l] 美['tʃendʒəbl]

• adj. 无常的；可改变的；易变的；不定的

1. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature;

"a mutable substance"

"the mutable ways of fortune"

"mutable weather patterns"

"a mutable foreign policy"

2. such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change;

"changeable behavior"

"changeable moods"

"changeable prices"

3. subject to change;

"a changeable climate"

"the weather is uncertain"

"unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"

4. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;

"changeable taffeta"

"chatoyant (or shot) silk"

"a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"